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Syrian Opposition Activist: The Arabs Should Ally Themselves with Israel
(MEMRI) Syrian opposition activist and writer Issam Zeitoun, appearing on Al-Jazeera on January 16, 2019, was asked: "Who is more dangerous for the region?" Zeitoun replied: "Iran without a doubt. Israel is surrounding itself with walls. It just wants to be left alone." "The claim about Israel wanting to expand 'from the Euphrates to the Nile'...every Arab and Muslim in history has believed this....The Assad regime and our media have told us that Sadat spoke in the Knesset under a banner saying: 'Israel's borders from the Euphrates to the Nile.' There is no such banner. Nobody has ever heard of it." Q: "So it is better to ally with [Israel]?" Zeitoun: "Absolutely, from any point of view. Ask any Arab citizen where he wants to live, and then come back to me." "In all our wars against Israel, Israel was waging a defensive war. Had we not attacked [Israel], it would not have attacked us, despite its capabilities. If Iran had a nuclear bomb, would it drop it on Tel Aviv? It would drop it on Riyadh or any other Arab capital. [Iran] exploits the issue [of Jerusalem] only in order to win the Arabs over, by constantly talking about Jerusalem....The Syrian issue is a thousand times more important than the Palestinian cause."