UN WATCH: Syrian activist to UN: “I testify before God: Israel is not the problem!”
UN Watch joint statement delivered by Rawan Osman, in the United Nations Human Rights Council, March 3, 2025
“Are you outraged with the war in Gaza? So am I.
My name is Rawan Osman. I am half Syrian, half Lebanese.
Since October 7, I visited Israel nine times, and I want to testify before God and you: Israel is not the problem.
Last week, Israel buried Shiri Bibas with her children, Ariel and Kfir. Hamas said they had been “arrested.” Forensic reports show they were choked to death in Gaza.
But many who point fingers at Israel might do better to look in the mirror.
I ask Qatar: Why didn’t you arrest the Hamas chiefs in Doha, and demand release of the hostages? Why did you finance terror?
And I ask Iran: Why do you send billions to Hamas and Hezbollah, instead of liberating your own people, who are suffering oppression and poverty?
Egypt, you charged Gazans thousands of dollars to escape the war. How can you lecture about the morality of displacing Gazans?
Jordan, why have you refused to accept any Gazans? Are they not your own people?
Lebanon, instead of discussing Hezbollah’s political role, ban the party.
Syria, if your new president is sincere about his transformation, I ask him to return the body of Eli Cohen. It has been six decades. Allow his wife to bury him before she dies. Hamas abuses dead bodies. Be a better Arab. Be a better Muslim.
Thank you.”
