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Dr. Reda Mansour
@RedaMansour
Poet, Historian, Diplomat Former Ambassador, Professor of Middle East Studies #Harvard #Emory #HaifaU #Druze #Syria Expert @TechnionLive
Mar 27 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Letter to Sultan Al-Atrash
1⃣ On the 44th anniversary of your passing, it is difficult to describe to you how the world of your time has turned upside down. You led the first national uprising in the Middle East and insisted on Syria's unity. Image 2⃣ And today, there is a jihadist regime in Damascus that has smashed your statues and its people, trampling on your pictures.
You insisted on not accepting a Druze state from the French, and you told us that everyone must be loyal to their country.
Aug 13, 2025 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Interesting analysis, but here are some corrections:
1⃣ Strategic analysis does not work if you keep attaching bad intentions to Israel and good intentions to the Jolani regime & Turkey

2⃣ The Druze in Syria were always anti-Israeli because their country was at war with Israeli 3⃣ You need to study the Druze culture and history. Druze are always patriotic to their country. The Druze in Syria and Israel lost many soldiers while fighting on both sides of the border as soldiers in their country's army.
Jul 22, 2025 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Syria: A Tale of Two Political Cultures
1⃣Al-Jolani does not know the Druze and their Syrian history. He was born and raised in Saudi Arabia, joined al Qaeda, and spent most of his life as a jihadi. The only Druze he met were the poor farmers in northern Syria whom he cleansed. Image 2⃣Suwayda and the Druze mountain looked to him like the #Yazidi case in Iraq, where his ISIS terrorists are documented as they slaughtered them and sold their women and girls into slavery. Some identified him from there #YazidiGenocide
Mar 7, 2025 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
🧵1. The #Druze in the Middle East are at one of their most dangerous moments in modern history. The Druze have always insisted on being an active partner in any regime that wants to control their areas. Now, they feel they are being asked to surrender their rights. Image 2. In the past, the Druze fought bravely against such trends. Their motto was "Live free or die." They paid a heavy price for this culture, which included the devastation of their villages and a heavy loss of life.
Dec 15, 2024 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
סגירת שגרירות ישראל באירלנד:
1. אנשים לא מבינים מה זה סגירת שגרירות. זה נזק לשנים ואובדן רשת קשרים ובסיס ידע ששיקומו יעלה פי 10 מהרווח הצפוי של הסגירה. זה להשאיר את המגרש ריק לצד השני ולנטוש את התומכים הרבים שלך במדינה. זה חוסר הבנה מוחלט ביחסי חוץ. 2. לסגור שגרירות במדינת איחוד אירופי זה חמור מאד. המשמעות היא לא שאתה מעניש אותם אלא שאתה מחרים את עצמך. החזון הציוני היה תמיד להיות חלק ממשפחת העמים וכידוע לא עוזבים את המשפחה על כל ריב קטן.
May 17, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Gaza has 20 KM of beautiful Mediterranean beaches, natural gas deposits in the sea and strategic location between Israel and Egypt. Gaza could have become Monaco but Hamas made it Afghanistan.
One day Gaza will be free from Hamas. Gaza tiene 20 KM de hermosas playas mediterráneas, depósitos de gas natural en el mar y una ubicación estratégica entre Israel y Egipto. Gaza podría haberse convertido en Mónaco, pero Hamás lo hizo en Afganistán.
Un día, Gaza estará libre de Hamas.