Khattab, an
Arab-Israeli jihadist in Syria
Khattab is one of the few Arab Israelis fighting beside rebels who
oppose Assad's regime in Syria. FRANCE 24 talked to him about his decision to
leave a home and job in Israel to “perform his duty of jihad” despite his lack
of military training.
Islamists from all corners
of the globe have joined the jihadist rebel groups fighting against
President Bashar al Assad in Syria. But, unlike many of
the others, Khattab is not Saudi, Tunisian or Iraqi.
He is an Arab Israeli (a Palestinian with an Israeli
passport), who told FRANCE 24 that he decided to “perform his duty of jihad in
Syria” despite a lack of military skill or experience.
Khattab says he decided to take action because he was
revolted by what he called “the inaction of the international community, while Syrians
have been massacred for more than two
”. He was moved by “the images repeatedly
broadcast on news channels”.
The twenty-year-old recently left his home in the
northern Israeli city of Haifa and his job as a mechanical engineer (for which
he frequently travelled to the UK) “after having established contact with
certain people in Syria via social networking sites”.
Arriving first in Turkey, Khattab was picked up at the
Syrian border and taken to the city of Aazaz and then toward the north-western
Latakia region.
Today Khattab is fighting with the al Nusra Front, a
group affiliated with al Qaeda and considered a terrorist organisation by the
UN. He is preparing to go to the former rebel stronghold of Homs after having already fought in battles in the Hama region.
Though it is extremely rare to stumble upon jihadist
who hold an Israeli passport in Syria, Khattab says he has met a few in the
north, near Latakia and Idlib.
One of them, Muayyed Zaki Jumaa Ighbariya, an Arab
Israeli who, like Khattab, is a member of the al Nusra front, was killed in
fighting in September. He is thought to have been the first Israeli citizen to
die in the Syrian conflict.
Source : www.france24.com
Opinion:
As we know that they outside ,people around the world has
their own opinion about this situation ,pro or contra of assad regime.
But for me ,I think it’s almost the same with other arab
countries that wanted to get a better government ,with the better government
they can get a better life as well then,
I hope the UN can find best solution for this so that
refugees can get back to syria and get a better,new life in their own country.
And khattab as an Israeli who is doing duty of jihad may be
it can break a negative statements about Israel.
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