Knesset Member Mohammad Barakeh (Hadash-Ta'al) expressed his support of Syria, claiming that "a strong and resistant Syria will bring closer the day in which Jerusalem will become Palestine's capital."
Barakeh, who spoke during a rally of solidarity with Syria in Nazareth, added that "we can clearly see the cobwebs of the big spider, the United States, as well as the cobwebs of the small spider, Israel, who are trying to drive a wedge between Syria and Lebanon in order to devour Syria after what happened in Iraq." (Roee Nahmias)