Sobhi Tufayli, the former Secretary-General of Hezbollah, recently made divisive and alarming remarks in a speech that circulated on social media. Referring to the Kurdish people as the "head of the snake," he declared, "Cutting off the Kurds' head will solve all problems." His statement echoes Ayatollah Khomeini's 1979 fatwa, which launched a full-scale war against the Kurds in Iran—a war that continues to this day.

The so-called "Axis of Resistance" has long regarded the Kurds as its primary adversary due to their legitimate and democratic demands. The Kurds aspire to democracy, self-determination, secular governance, and peaceful relations with the free world. However, these aspirations pose a serious threat to the authoritarian regimes of the region, particularly the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Both regimes exploit religion as a tool to suppress and annihilate the Kurds, using political, military, and ideological means to isolate and oppress them.

Today, the Kurds in the Middle East find themselves in a role disturbingly similar to that of the Jews during World War II under Nazi rule: victims of modern fascism. This new wave of fascism, embodied by the Axis of Resistance and the Turkish state, manifests in the suppression, massacres, and systematic violations of human rights against the Kurds.

History has shown that authoritarian regimes, in their quest for survival, often create imagined enemies to justify internal repression. The Kurds have become the latest scapegoats of such policies, targeted for their demands for justice and equality. Instead of receiving international support, they are met with global indifference.

If history offers any lesson, it is that repression and annihilation are never sustainable solutions. The Kurds' resistance and their ongoing fight for democracy and equal rights are a testament to the enduring truth that freedom and justice, though delayed, ultimately prevail.

This struggle serves as a reminder to the world: the plight of the Kurds is not just a regional issue, but a universal call to stand against oppression and to uphold the principles of human dignity and self-determination.