The Syrian arena is witnessing a sharp escalation in exclusionary rhetoric directed against the Alawite community, coinciding with the launch of a widespread boycott campaign under the slogan “Boycott… You are not a tree.” This escalation has prompted international media outlets, most notably Monte Carlo Doualiya, to warn against the replication of Nazi apartheid policies, at a time when these open societal calls are integrated with an entrenched government approach relying on targeted killings and arbitrary dismissals.
Details of the “Boycott… You Are Not a Tree” Campaign
The campaign, recently launched across social media platforms, focuses on imposing comprehensive economic and social isolation on Alawites. The direct demands of the campaign include refraining from buying from their stores, boycotting Alawite doctors, pharmacists, and professionals, and refusing to employ them or engage in financial transactions with them. The incitement has also expanded to the real estate sector, urging residents in specific neighborhoods to acquire Alawite-owned properties to force them to evacuate, thereby turning the campaign into an executive tool for total social isolation.
The “Monte Carlo” Report: Replicating the Nazi Model
The gravity of these calls and boycott demands has drawn coverage and warnings from the international media. In this context, Monte Carlo Doualiya radio published a detailed report addressing the dimensions of the campaign in Syria, based on historical comparisons provided by observers. The report clarified that boycotting stores, doctors, and professionals based on their sectarian identity, and urging the community to ostracize them, is an exact replica of the policies of the Nazi regime in Germany during the 1930s against the Jews. The report considered these exclusionary practices to be the actual cornerstone for implementing apartheid laws.
Government Complicity: Targeted Killings and Arbitrary Dismissals
The goals of the boycott campaign coincide with a security and institutional reality in which the current government plays the most prominent role in targeting the exact same community. Field reports document an increase in targeted assassinations and identity-based killings in various areas, operating under a security cover that protects perpetrators and ensures their impunity. On the administrative level, state institutions are carrying out a series of direct exclusionary measures, manifested in the issuance of hundreds of decisions mandating the functional exclusion and arbitrary dismissal of Alawite employees. This move aims to strip them of their primary sources of income, running parallel to the calls for their economic boycott.
Integration of Roles and Exploiting Division
The societal incitement represented by the boycott campaign intersects directly with government violations, together forming a comprehensive isolation strategy against an entire sect. Analysts agree that the authorities are actively exploiting this polarization and adopting discriminatory administrative and security policies as a tool to distract public opinion with sectarian conflicts, and to evade accountability for the accelerating economic collapse and the comprehensive failure in managing state institutions.