Non-Arabs and Non-Muslims

Author: Dr. Ahmed Rafiq Awad

There are no angels on earth, until then our Palestinian people are paying the full cost of absence, this is not a reproach or rebuke, but an account and a dusting off of the dust that has accumulated. A horrible scenario designed to beautify through a false, erroneous series.

We must compare the positions of non-Arab and non-Islamic countries with those of the countries to which we are connected by religion, language, history, place and future. We are effectively forced to make comparisons that are harmful and lead us to painful conclusions.

In order not to fall into the suspicion of refuting or spreading ready-made accusations and popular sayings, we will not provide examples and models of the positions of these countries in comparison with sister countries, because the positions that have been made public and unmade speak for themselves. For their part, clear and vague policies are spread by enemies before friends, and scandals and atrocities also fly into space, so we will not hang dirty clothes, as they say, there is enough hanging.

Nor will we repeat the explanations and justifications usually used to explain inaction, laziness, complicity or implicit or open silence. A lot has been said about this, but it does not make us rich or satisfy anyone. On the contrary, it is shameful and bad, and cannot be compared with the massacres in Latin American countries, from whom we expect everything to go well.

I say this because non-Arabs and non-Muslims are the initiators and actors, they are the ones who seek to build solutions or replace or destroy security, land and bloodlines. Between those who want solutions or want alternatives, we, Palestinians and Arabs, become targeted victims and bodies, like punching bags for boxers in the gym, or we become golf courses where all Persians, Roma, Sakalaba, Hayatla and other nationalities enjoy our nearby and distant lands.

Some of us seek the help of non-Arabs and non-Muslims for protection, financing, and to devise solutions to problems created or exploited by non-Arabs and non-Muslims to justify interference, control, or intervention. Some of us bring in non-Arabs and non-Muslims to intimidate those closest to us and enjoy the lost legitimacy or claims. Some bring in non-Arabs and non-Muslims to give. illusions of power and invincibility, or to cover or mask themselves with dubious alliances or fronts that are not conducive to the interests of the region.

The non-Arab and non-Muslim I refer to are those who now control us, impose his conditions on us, force us to deal and process his equations against our will, and this is not done through persuasion, negotiation or even coercion. The minimum conditions of respect, but through force and open coercion. No one is covering this up for any reason anymore. Now everything is transparent, clear to the point of being ugly. What’s more, cooperation with him has become an advantage and a strength.

Non-Arabs and non-Muslims, through their intervention, influence and measures, abandoned all the main slogans, disintegrated the geography, and controlled the elites, as a result, the Arab regional countries began to suffer from poverty, unemployment and dependence, and began to fear invasion, disintegration or internal explosion.

The Arab nation-states, due to their weakness, emptiness, fragility and fear, are unable to make decisive or strong decisions on the mad war against the Palestinian people, and due to their failure, are unable to form a coalition or front with Arab countries to defend the interests of the Palestinian people. What is faced is a coalition that everyone can join, a regional alliance with strange goals announced overnight.

Non-Arabs and non-Muslims, and perhaps Muslims who are close to accuracy and objectivity, also use the vacuum and emptiness of our Arab region to seek their own interests. There are no angels on earth, and before that, our Palestinian people must first pay the full price for their absence, which is neither a reproach nor a rebuke, but an account and a dusting of the past. A terrible scene has been accumulated, which is intended to be beautify through a false, erroneous series.

I did not talk about the non-Arabs and non-Muslims who took bold, strong and humane stands before the Arabs and Muslims, and these stands were not gratuitous or ostentatious. So why do these people take these stands without wanting rewards or thanks? They do not expect anything from us, no spoils, not even benefits near or far? Doesn’t the existence of these people prove that the world is okay, that human conscience is not dead, and that loving justice, supporting the oppressed, and offering help are what distinguishes humans from animals? Stands that force our Arab and Muslim brothers to make sharp and painful comparisons, which many avoid out of shame or weakness?

● The author is Director of the Al-Quds Future Research Center at Al-Quds University