MIDDLE EAST DISPATCH: When Ethnic Cleansing Masquerades as “Safe Zones”
By Tebbit Scorchwillow, Editor-in-Chief SWEIDA/DAMASCUS — The magnificent irony of Syrian political evolution has reached baroque heights as hundreds of Druze protesters took to the streets demanding “self-determination” while waving Israeli flags—apparently convinced that supporting apartheid represents the pinnacle of liberation politics. This development in Sweida province illuminates the delicious contradictions of Middle Eastern identity … Read more