By Abdel Bari Atwan
"....We Arabs have become the butt of laughter of all peoples of the world. Unlike us, all other nations resist in defence of their dignity and national causes. Yet, we take pleasure in being humiliated and insulted, particularly if insults come from America and Israel!
Not so long ago, the Arab regimes would have sacrificed the interests and welfare of their peoples for the sake of the Palestinian cause, which epitomized the loftiest meaning of dignity. Now, these regimes sacrifice the Palestinian cause not in the interest of their peoples, but in their own, personal interest and to stay in power.
We could understand the Arab regimes sacrificing the Palestinian cause if it were to reflect positively on the Arab peoples. However, what is happening is that since the Arab regimes abandoned the Palestinian cause, corruption, repression, dictatorship, and the collapse of services have been on the rise, and Egypt's state of affairs is a stark case in point.
A former Arab foreign minister, who did not want to be named, confided to me that President Husni Mubarak told him one day that if he wanted something from the United States, he would turn to Sharon, and the US response would be quick to come, meeting his request. Is it reasonable for a state with the standing of Egypt, its history, and civilization to deal with the Untied States through Israel? Yes, everything is possible these days. After all, have the Arab regimes not fought all Israel's wars through the United States - in Iraq and Afghanistan - and against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and against Hamas in Palestine? And these regimes are now getting ready to fight a new war against Iran.
Netanyahu must have burst laughing at this new Arab submission to his conditions following the decision of the so-called Arab Follow-up committee on peace. He has emerged victorious from the battle of who will hold fast to his conditions to the end with the Arabs and the current US Administration. He has succeeded in dictating all his conditions. We congratulate him on this victory; we congratulate the PNA and its men on the continued financial aid and on the renewal of VIP ID cards for its senior officials. We congratulate the official Arab regimes on America's satisfaction with them, a satisfaction which may soon translate into dragging them into another war in the region, just as they backed all America's previous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and its war on terrorism for free."
"....We Arabs have become the butt of laughter of all peoples of the world. Unlike us, all other nations resist in defence of their dignity and national causes. Yet, we take pleasure in being humiliated and insulted, particularly if insults come from America and Israel!
Not so long ago, the Arab regimes would have sacrificed the interests and welfare of their peoples for the sake of the Palestinian cause, which epitomized the loftiest meaning of dignity. Now, these regimes sacrifice the Palestinian cause not in the interest of their peoples, but in their own, personal interest and to stay in power.
We could understand the Arab regimes sacrificing the Palestinian cause if it were to reflect positively on the Arab peoples. However, what is happening is that since the Arab regimes abandoned the Palestinian cause, corruption, repression, dictatorship, and the collapse of services have been on the rise, and Egypt's state of affairs is a stark case in point.
A former Arab foreign minister, who did not want to be named, confided to me that President Husni Mubarak told him one day that if he wanted something from the United States, he would turn to Sharon, and the US response would be quick to come, meeting his request. Is it reasonable for a state with the standing of Egypt, its history, and civilization to deal with the Untied States through Israel? Yes, everything is possible these days. After all, have the Arab regimes not fought all Israel's wars through the United States - in Iraq and Afghanistan - and against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and against Hamas in Palestine? And these regimes are now getting ready to fight a new war against Iran.
Netanyahu must have burst laughing at this new Arab submission to his conditions following the decision of the so-called Arab Follow-up committee on peace. He has emerged victorious from the battle of who will hold fast to his conditions to the end with the Arabs and the current US Administration. He has succeeded in dictating all his conditions. We congratulate him on this victory; we congratulate the PNA and its men on the continued financial aid and on the renewal of VIP ID cards for its senior officials. We congratulate the official Arab regimes on America's satisfaction with them, a satisfaction which may soon translate into dragging them into another war in the region, just as they backed all America's previous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and its war on terrorism for free."
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