“No More Silence”: Israel’s Gideon Sa’ar Champions Syria’s Persecuted Minorities, Demands Global Action.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar erupted in fury Tuesday over the international community’s shameful silence in the face of relentless massacres and systemic persecution of minorities in Syria. With visible outrage, Sa’ar demanded:
“What else needs to happen before the world speaks up? What atrocity are we still waiting for—mass extinction?”
In a blistering media statement, Sa’ar exposed the horrifying reality unfolding in Syria’s southern province of As-Suwayda and beyond.
“Minorities are being slaughtered in Syria. Murdered. Humiliated. Erased. Sometimes it’s the regime’s own forces. Sometimes it’s the jihadist militias they protect. Usually—it’s both. It’s a sick alliance of blood.”
Over the past six months, Sa’ar highlighted how the killing machine began with large-scale massacres of Alawites in northwestern Syria, an incident the Assad regime mockingly promised to investigate.
“Remember that ‘independent commission of inquiry’? I haven’t heard a word from it. Have you? Of course not. Because it never existed. It was a lie—like everything else coming from Damascus,” he said bitterly.
The Foreign Minister laid bare the escalating violence:
- Constant aggression against the Kurds in northern Syria
- Repeated church burnings in As-Suwayda—“An ancient church torched just yesterday. Another attacked last week by ISIS.”
- Vicious targeting of the Druze community—“Two and a half months ago outside Damascus, and now again in As-Suwayda—civilians tortured, executed, degraded.”
“These are not accidents. This is a pattern. A pattern of hate, of systematic persecution. And the world just watches.”
Sa’ar made Israel’s position crystal clear:
“Our priorities are limited but uncompromising: Prevent threats near our northern border. And protect the Druze community, our brothers in blood, with whom we share unbreakable ties.”
He torched the Assad regime’s legitimacy:
“Let’s be honest—this is not a government. This is a criminal enterprise masquerading as a state. It seized power by brute force and now dares to talk about ‘governance’ while turning Syria into a graveyard.”
Sa’ar ended with a grim but resolute warning:
“The regime in Damascus is steering toward collapse. If it doesn’t halt the bloodshed, it will lose even the illusion of control or prosperity. History will not forgive this carnage. And neither will we.”
