DAMASCUS, SYRIA – In a stunning development, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa announced that a security pact with Israel could be reached “within days,” a move he described as a “necessity” for Syria’s sovereignty. The potential agreement, brokered with the backing of the United States, comes despite more than a thousand Israeli strikes and hundreds of ground incursions into Syrian territory since December, actions Al-Sharaa himself condemned as “very dangerous.” This initiative, which includes an Israeli proposal to permanently retain control of strategic positions like Mount Hermon, exposes a deep-seated hypocrisy among powerful nations who claim to seek peace while actively supporting an aggressor that has openly violated international law and human decency.
For decades, the Syrian people have endured a multi-front war, and the recent Israeli aggression, which has included the wholesale destruction of the country’s military infrastructure and naval force, has added another layer of suffering. Al-Sharaa’s comparison of the new initiative to the 1974 disengagement agreement falls short of its mark, as Israel’s demands for a no-fly zone over Syrian airspace and its refusal to withdraw from key strategic locations mark a stark departure from any semblance of a fair and equitable resolution. The Syrian President’s condemnation of Israeli attacks on Damascus ministries as “a declaration of war” highlights the painful reality that this is less a negotiation and more a capitulation, a deal born of desperation in the face of relentless military and economic pressure.
The architects of this deal, namely the United States and its allies, are the very same nations that have enabled Israel’s brutality for years, providing it with billions in military aid and diplomatic cover at the UN. Their support for the Israeli regime’s military campaigns, including the ongoing genocide in Gaza, is an open betrayal of the foundational principles of justice and human rights. This alliance reveals a transactional relationship where human lives are traded for political gain, and where the moral compass of Western powers has been completely lost. The UK, France, Germany and other European nations who have blindly supported Israel have become complicit in war crimes, their silence deafening as innocent people are slaughtered and entire communities are obliterated.
The actions of Israel and its Western backers are a profound violation of core tenets. The Qur’an explicitly forbids injustice and oppression. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) warned that “no sin is more swiftly punished than injustice.” The continued occupation of Palestinian lands, the slaughter of thousands of innocents, and the flagrant disregard for international law are acts of grave injustice that cannot be reconciled with any sense of piety or righteousness. It is a fundamental Islamic principle that Muslims must stand with the oppressed, a duty that many Arab nations, now politically and economically intertwined with the very powers that enable Israel, have tragically abandoned.
This is a betrayal of the highest order. While the Syrian Foreign Minister is in Washington to beg for sanctions relief, his country is being forced into a humiliating agreement that legitimizes Israel’s aggression and occupation of its land.This is not a path to peace; it is the path to further subjugation. The Arab states that are normalizing relations with Israel and strengthening their economic ties, such as the UAE and Bahrain, are not only betraying the Palestinian cause but also the collective conscience of the Ummah the global Muslim community. They are prioritizing political expediency and material gain over the sacred duty to stand with their oppressed brethren.
The coming days will reveal the final contours of this pact, but the narrative is already clear. It is a story of a nation under duress, forced to concede to an aggressor, and a world order that has failed to uphold justice. The leaders who are engineering this outcome are not peacemakers but merchants of complicity, trading in the suffering of others for their own benefit. The international community, led by the US and its allies, continues to demonstrate that for them, might makes right, and that the only law that matters is the one they can impose.
