𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚

 

--Nasir Khan, October 16, 2023

 

When ordinary Arabs are appalled by the genocidal war of Israel and the barbarous destruction of Gaza by heavy aerial bombardment, one rarely hears from the rulers of the Arab region or of any concrete steps they may take to help the besieged Palestinians of Gaza. But we can ask why are they so insensitive, and indifferent towards Israel’s ethnic cleansing on a large scale once again?

The answer is simple. Most of the Arab regimes are in the hands of dictators, dynastic kings and emirs, who have little or no sense of honour, or of right and wrong. They are isolated from their subjects, and their subjects have no voice. If they speak up, they are put in prison, or even killed, as happened with Khashoggi. There is no freedom of press and any criticism of the policies of any such anti-democratic regimes is totally forbidden. Many of these despotic regimes are under the domination of America, Britain and Israel. 

 

Unlike the servile Arab regimes that collaborate with Israel, Iran, a non-Arab nation, has adopted a distinct policy. According to the foreign minister, Iran will not remain a spectator when Israel is destroying Gaza. Iran is the only country in the region that has fully supported the Palestinian cause over the years, despite its both internal and external political problems since the overthrow of the US puppet regime of the Shah in 1979.