Those of us who were active participants in the peace
process with Israel are now the hidden victims of the Israeli warmongering
acts. In this uncalled-for fifth war against
Gaza, we hear the same causes, the
same propaganda, and the same bravado claims. People in Amman and Jerusalem look
at us, dovish peace lovers, as unwilling partners in the crimes and atrocities
committed against Palestinians at the hands of trigger-happy Israeli soldiers
and police.
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Israeli peace campaigners on the other side are embarrassed
by their government’s belligerence. Israeli peace campaigners are probably
embarrassed. Yet they have their comfort zones where they bask in the
protection of
Uncle Sam, who is himself caving to Netanyahu’s pressure and
bullying.
Of course matters are not that naively simple. It is the
Evangelist, which is basically anti-Islamic, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian.
This movement had backed the idiotic “Deal of the Century”, presenting to
Israel and Netanyahu their unwavering support. With Trump out, they are using
their influence to deter or derail any Biden efforts to arrive at an acceptable
peace deal.
Who is gaining from this situation, especially if Netanyahu
scores in the new definite fifth Knesset elections in Israel? To answer the
question succinctly, I need to lay out some basic facts.
Should Netenyahu win and continue to be the prime minister
of Israel, he will go back, ex-post, to the defunct “Deal of the Century”
formula and give the peace drive the used-car salesmen treatment. The deal is
nothing but wreck, salvaged from a junkyard.
The result would be its refusal by Palestinians, Jordanians,
Arabs, and Muslims all over the world. And if this development leads to the
destruction of Al-Aqsa Mosque, it will create a deep-rooted reaction that would
lead to a holy war.
The attempts to solicit some Islamic countries to the list
of normalizers could succeed with remote and detached countries who add very
little to Israel’s acceptability. Yet, countries with a strong military edge in
Asia would never go down that road of doom, even if the carrot offered to them
seems large, the reward would be bitter.
Then there is the fact that the US is withdrawing its troops
from Afghanistan and about to reach an inevitable nuclear deal with Iran. China
is counting on Pakistan until the prime minster of India makes up his mind as
how he wants to deal with the Muslims of India.
While US Evangelists, together with their Islamophobic
European partners, could collude to support Israel against the Palestinians,
the Islamic world could develop its countervailing response; that the Muslim
world is not only Arabs, that they are militarily strong, and their religious
zeal — while rationally tempered — is reflective of their spirit.
China is beyond being checked. Russia finds China to be a
more amiable and trustworthy ally. Could Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, some
central Asian republics, and Turkey create a coalition that would choose China
over the United States and Europe?
A quote by Samuel Huntington, author of “Clash of
Civilizations,” is worth remembering: “The West won the world not by the
superiority of its ideas or values or religion ... but rather by its
superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact;
non-Westerners never do.”
Israel and its allies may be more powerful, but they will
not be victorious.
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