Taking the Clue from the Syrian People

This past week saw violent, vicious attacks on Gaza, followed by daily, determined rallies all around the world to stand up for the Palestinians. Almost 50% of the  people killed in Gaza this week alone were children. The Syrian cause has been going on for 20 months at even great casualties daily, but we want everyone to know that each life lost is a life lost. This is not a competition for evil, but a race to do good and achieve that basic human right of freedom - and you can even throw in some dignity as well. 

The Syrian people is being slaughtered inside Syria alongside with their Palestinian fellows, most of whom have been treated like second-rate citizens in Syria under Al-Assad. In Damascus, their rights have always been curbed and they were contained (literally) in a camp there for decades. Inside Syria, Palestinians and Syrians alike are fighting the oppressive regime and together dying and getting wounded. The Syrians never expected this turn of events when they first began rallying, but all citizens in Syria support the need and demand for freedom. The Revolution is united and supported by Syrian Muslims and Christians, Kurds, the Druze, Palestinians and Alawites and they rally and kill and get killed without discrimination.

As the people of Gaza are being violently attacked, then it is encouraging and heartfelt to see that many ex-pat Syrians are walking in those rallies all across the globe, standing together and united for oppression and non-sense killing. Syrians are suffering right now, but still have humanity and the capability to care. Because that is what being free and having choices really mean - to unite and stand together for rightness and peace.