The intro to the video above is an intervention by Dr. Rola Hallam, who took part in an event called How Should the World Protect Syria’s Children? in November 2013, in which she appeared in the capacity of eyewitness of the Syrian crisis and spokesperson of the aid organisation Hand in Hand for Syria, which portrays itself to the public as a charity organisation bringing aid and relief to Syrian civilians, victims of the conflict. It is this latter capacity that prompts us to ask a question: has any of you out there ever uncovered evidence of the charity Hand in Hand for Syria speaking out on any occasion against Western countries’ continuing military financial and ideological support to the radical jihadists currently fighting the Syrian government, troops and anyone suspected of supporting them? This is not an idle or rhetorical question: we really do need your help on this one.
Oh, the condemnations Hand in Hand for Syria has levelled at the Syrian government and troops are well documented – there is no problem there: we have, for instance, a number of quotes from Dr. Hallam describing how the Syrian civilian population is being “slaughtered by the regime”. However, considering that the Western-backed militias have been murdering, torturing, hacking, beheading, summarily executing and terrorising their way through the conflict, have feasted on the flesh of their enemies, kidnapped civilians to fund their operations and have been repeatedly found guilty of crimes against humanity, war crimes and violation of the Rights of the Child by the UN Commission of Inquiry, you would think that someone truly in the business of saving lives, as one would expect Hand in Hand for Syria to be, might have, at some point or other, voiced their concern at the West’s showering these forces with weapons. And yet, after months of unsuccessful research, frustrated at being unable to find the faintest statement, link, article, op-ed, interview, quote, sound-bite, or even a head-shake or raised eyebrow, indeed any minor scrap of evidence that such a condemnation was ever uttered by a spokesperson for the charity Hand in Hand for Syria, we find it impossible to exonerate the organisation from the suspicion of being just another propaganda-churning construct and a mouthpiece of imperialistic forces which are only interested in regime change by military force.
We would like to get hold of any evidence which might exonerate Hand in Hand for Syria from these suspicions so, please, can you help?
The comments section below is open for your input.
Thank you.
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