When a decorated US Special Forces veteran breaks his silence on the crisis in Palestine, the world should listen. Sergeant Alan Sharoff, a former sniper, assaulter, and breacher with 3rd Special Forces Group, recently sat down with The Deen Show to share what military professionals truly see when they look at the situation in Gaza — and to respond directly to former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink’s carefully measured comments on the conflict. What followed was a raw, unflinching testimony rooted in justice, faith, and an unwavering commitment to truth that every person of conscience needs to hear.
A Trained Warrior Speaks the Truth About Palestine
Sergeant Sharoff’s military credentials are beyond question. After enlisting in 1995, serving as a drill sergeant, and ultimately earning his place in US Special Forces through the grueling selection and qualification process, he served with the elite B23 unit before completing his service in 2012. This is a man who understands war, rules of engagement, and military operations at the highest level. And it is precisely this expertise that compels him to declare with absolute clarity that what is happening in Palestine is not a war — it is the systematic ethnic cleansing and genocide of an entire people.
“I know war. What’s going on in Palestine right now is not a war. It is the dehumanization, it’s the genocide, it’s the ethnic cleansing of a specific people to take their land. These are people that are defending themselves… and there’s nothing more American than speaking out against what’s wrong.”
Why Military Experts See Through the False Narrative
- Rules of engagement are being ignored: As a Special Forces professional, Sharoff confirms that targeting civilians and starving populations violate every principle of military conduct and international law.
- The “most moral army” claim is baseless: Soldiers entering operations without named targets, then retroactively labeling casualties as terrorists, is not how legitimate military operations work.
- Hostage rescue does not mean carpet bombing: As a member of a hostage rescue unit, Sharoff points out the obvious — bombing the area where your own hostages are held is the opposite of a rescue operation.
- The media narrative crumbled immediately: The word “unprovoked” was repeated across every major outlet without a single mention of decades of occupation, apartheid roads, welded-shut doors, and banned goods — from wedding dresses to fishing poles.
- History proves resistance cannot be bombed away: Just as slave rebellions ended only when slavery ended, the ideology of resistance will persist as long as military occupation and injustice continue.
A Soldier’s Tears for the Children of Palestine
“When you have starving people that are literally just trying to get food… and then you use that opportunity to create chaos and create a situation so that you can take out more people — if you look at it from the perspective where they’re just trying to get rid of people, everything they’re doing makes sense.”
Islam, Justice, and the Courage to Stand for What Is Right
What makes Sergeant Sharoff’s testimony so powerful is that it comes from a place of deep moral conviction — the same principles of justice, compassion, and defense of the innocent that Islam teaches. He acknowledged his profound respect for the faith of Islam and chose The Deen Show as the platform to share his message with the world. His call is simple and echoes what every believer already knows: all innocent life is sacred, the truth must be spoken regardless of consequences, and silence in the face of oppression is complicity. Whether you are Muslim, Christian, or hold no faith at all, the children of Palestine deserve your voice, your advocacy, and your refusal to look away from what is being done with your tax dollars in violation of every principle of justice and human decency.
