“Are you outraged with the war in Gaza? So am I. <br /><br />My name is Rawan Osman. I am half Syrian, half Lebanese.”<br /><br />Since October 7, I visited Israel nine times, and I want to testify before God and you: Israel is not the problem.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />But many who point fingers at Israel might do better to look in the mirror.<br /><br />I ask Qatar: Why didn’t you arrest the Hamas chiefs in Doha, and demand release of the hostages? Why did you finance terror?<br /><br />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?<br /><br />Egypt, you charged Gazans thousands of dollars to escape the war. How can you lecture about the morality of displacing Gazans?<br /><br />Jordan, why have you refused to accept any Gazans? Are they not your own people?<br /><br />Lebanon, instead of discussing Hezbollah’s political role, ban the party.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Rawane Osmane, speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council, March 3, 2025, on behalf of UNWatch
