In an unprecedented wave of demonstrations across government-held territory, the Syrian people have taken to the streets not to challenge their own leadership, but to protest Israel’s ongoing human rights atrocities in Gaza and its repeated military strikes on Syrian soil. An explainer by JURIST breaks down what’s happening, what’s fueling the anger, and what it signals about a country emerging from decades of internal rule, and why Syrians are rallying around a cause that reaches far beyond their own country’s borders.