Alawite leaders sent an urgent letter to the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister: "Save us from the brutal regime, we will receive you with songs and flowers." The letter also includes a surprising appeal to the Israeli media: "Shed light on the massacres"

The letter was sent to senior Israeli officials, among others, through contacts in the region who mediate between the local population and the State of Israel, and was written on behalf of the leadership and senior sheikhs of the Alawites in Syria.

The full letter:

“In his name, Lord Moses, David, Jesus and Muhammad

We, the Alawite clerics, issue the following statement after our meeting in one of the coastal villages:

After the fall of the Assad regime and the assumption of power in Syria by an extremist Islamic group that adopts killing, kidnapping, displacement, and intimidation as a method and way to rule and dominate, and after the massacres and violations that occurred in the Alawite areas against their people in Tartus, Latakia, Homs, Hamma, and Damascus, and after the crimes of ethnic genocide with the exception of the State of Israel, which spoke the truth and echoed the truth and condemned these criminal acts.

We declare our demand from the government of Israel, represented by its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to provide protection, assistance, aid and support, because the entire world has been silent about our injustice, and we have only heard a voice from the State of Israel condemning the crimes committed by the Damascus government against the Alawites, and for that we thank it.

We say to the Jewish state, we extend our hands to you and we will be your best and most loyal friends, so that you can rid us of this extremist Islamic rule that will be a place for training and preparing groups from which they will launch their fight against you. In the past, you have suffered from the Islamists and known their crimes, and the treacherous terrorists of Islamic terrorism are the best example of the Hamas movement and terrorism as an example of terrorism and terror. And the Hamas movement is establishing a base in Syria that will be a launching point for action against you.

- We demand that the IDF move its planes and forces to protect us.
- We ask that the Israeli Ministry of Defense move its warships and warships towards the coast.
- We ask that the Israeli Foreign Ministry raise the issue of crimes against the Alawites at the international level.
- We ask from the Israeli media the readiness to shed light on the massacres being committed against us.

You know that the Alawites have never been extremists, terrorists or heretics, but rather moderate, tolerant and believers in human brotherhood. They do not differentiate between Jews, Christians and Muslims.

We are a minority like you in the Middle East, so let us unite against the Islamic tide led by Turkey. First place then help us say goodbye to this extremist Islamic state.
We cannot live with these cruel animals who wear Islam as a cloak.

My sons of David, your origin is gold, and this is what time has proven, help us and we, you are honorable brothers. If you reach the Syrian coast, which is mostly Shalawi, you will be welcomed with songs and flowers. May God bless the honorable State of Israel, its great leaders and its free and honorable people.

We would like to thank Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar for his words about the Alawites and the revenge and harm they are subjected to, something no Arab, Islamic, or international foreign minister has ever done”.

(i24NEWS)