Israeli Occupation Fires Live Rounds and Gas Grenades against Sit-Inners in Occupied Golan’s Majdal Shams

OCCUPIED SYRIAN GOLAN– Forces of the Israeli occupation attacked with live rounds and gas grenades participants in a sit-in held on Tuesday in Majdal Shams town in the occupied Syrian Golan  to voice rejection of the so-called “local councils elections,” according to SANA.

SANA’s correspondent in Quneutra said that the Israeli occupation forces fired live rounds and gas grenades at the people of Majdal Shams who were protesting the “elections” and tried to disperse them by force, in addition to arresting a number of locals.

 The correspondent said that the Israeli attack has left a number of locals injured, with some elderly people, women, and children suffering from asphyxia due to the use of gas, smoke, and flash grenades by the occupation forces.

 The correspondent said the locals stood up to the Israeli occupation forces that attacked the sit-in location, adding that a landmine planted by the occupation forces in one of the surrounding hills went off.

 Since morning, Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan have held a sit-in in front of the secondary school in the occupied town of Majdal Shams to express rejection of holding the “local councils elections” which are scheduled for today, and which the Israeli occupation is trying to impose on the locals.

In a statement issued on Monday, Syrians in the occupied village of Baqaatha affirmed that they are against the Zionist measures which aim at Judaizing the occupied Golan and obliterating its Arab identity. They also affirmed their adherence their homeland and to their Syrian Arab identity.

Massive Gathering in Quneitra in Support of Golan Locals’ Rejection of So-Called “Local Councils’ Elections”

Meantime, Hundreds of Syrians on Tuesday gathered at al-Alam Roundabout in Quneitra City in solidarity with the people in occupied Syrian Golan and in support for their national stances against the so-called “local councils’ elections” which the Israeli occupation authorities are trying to impose on them.

Participants in the gathering, who came from different villages and towns in Quneitra  province and from different provinces, held a walk from al-Alam Roundabout towards al-Tahrir Square, carrying national flags and banners which affirm the Arabism of occupied Golan and inevitability of the return to the homeland sooner or later.

They hailed the national stances of the Syrians in occupied Golan and their adherence to their land and their belonging to their homeland Syria.

The participants also affirmed that all practices of the Israeli occupation are null and void and, that they don’t have any legal value, calling upon the international organizations, on top the Security Council, to practice their role in exerting pressure on Israel to cancel the elections and to force it to implement the 4th Geneva Convention.

In a statement to SANA, Golan’s Mayor Issam Sha’alan said that Golan has an Arab identity and the practices of the occupation will not undermine the steadfastness of the Syrians in occupied Golan who will continue their struggle and their standing in the face of all forms of Judaization.

For his part, liberated prisoner Ali al-Yunus said that Syrian people in occupied Golan will foil all the Israeli schemes as they foiled the decision of annexing the occupied Golan and of imposing the Israeli identity on its Syrian citizens in 1982.

The gathering and walk in Quneitra City came few hours after Syrians in occupied Golan held a sit-in on Tuesday morning in front of the Secondary School in Majdal Shams in occupied Golan in rejection of holding the so-called “local council’s elections” which will be held today and which the Israeli occupation authorities try to impose on them.

Al-Maqt: Syrian citizens in occupied Golan will foil all Judaization schemes of Israeli occupation

In the same context, liberated prisoner Bishir al-Maqt stressed that Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan will foil all the schemes of the Israeli occupation which aim at Judaizing Golan, the latest of which holding the so-called “local councils’ elections” as they affirmed their categorical rejection of them.

In statements on Tuesday, al-Maqt reiterated that Syrian citizens in occupied Golan are determined to continue their sit-ins in rejection of these elections which are due to be held today and of all the Judaization measures taken by the occupation.

He indicated that forces of the Israeli occupation attacked the participants in the sit-in in Majdal Shams town with live bullets and gas bombs and arrested a number of them.

“What are called elections are void and they are valueless and all the measures taken by the occupation in Golan are null,” al-Maqt said.

He affirmed the adherence of the Syrian citizens in occupied Golan to their Syrian Arab identity and to their national principled stances, asserting that they will continue the struggle to foil all the Judaization schemes of the Israeli occupation.