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| No to Syria, Iran agents |
Posted on 7/15/2006 10:50:54
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| Ahmed
Al-Jarallah |
By Ahmed Al-Jarallah
Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times
PEOPLE of Arab
countries, especially the Lebanese and Palestinians, have been held
hostage for a long time in the name of “resisting Israel.” Arab
governments have been caught between political obligations and
public opinion leading to more corruption in politics and economics.
Forgetting the interests of their own countries the Hamas Movement
and Hezbollah have gone to the extent of representing the interests
of Iran and Syrian in their countries. These organizations have
become the representatives of Syria and Iran without worrying about
the consequences of their action.
Recently Hamas kidnapped an
Israeli soldier and bombed Israeli settlements with locally
manufactured missiles. Soon Hezbollah followed suit, kidnapping two
Israeli soldiers. Both these organizations claimed they had
kidnapped Israeli soldiers to exchange them for Arab prisoners who
are being held in Israeli jails. The fact that Hamas and Hezbollah
gave the same reason for kidnapping Israeli soldiers gives us a
glimpse their agenda, which is similar to the one followed by Syria
and Iran in their conflict with the United States.
While the
people of Palestine and Lebanon are paying the price of this bloody
conflict, the main players, who caused this conflict, are living in
peace and asking for more oil from Arab countries to support the
facade of resisting Israel. With the Palestinian Authority close to
collapse and the Lebanese government beginning to give up
responsibility for what is happening in its territory, Saudi Arabia
has been forced to come out of its diplomatic routine and indirectly
hold Hezbollah responsible for what is happening Lebanon.
Without mentioning Hezbollah by name Saudi Arabia blamed
certain “elements” inside Lebanon for the violence with Israel and
said “it is necessary to make a distinction between legitimate
resistance and uncalculated adventures adopted by certain elements
within Lebanon without the knowledge of legal Lebanese authorities.”
While reiterating its support for Palestinian and Lebanese
resistance against Israeli occupation, Saudi Arabia has clearly said
it is against irresponsible adventures undertaken by certain
elements in the region without consulting the legal authorities
putting all Arab nations at risk. The Kingdom has also said “these
elements must take responsibility for their irresponsible actions
and they alone should end the crisis created by them.”
This angry
response from Saudi Arabia has politically isolated Hezbollah and
Hamas besides holding them responsible for their actions.
This attitude of Saudi Arabia, which has been doing all it
can to protect the Arab world from Israeli aggression, is enough to
unmask the adventurers, who have violated the rights of their own
countries and tried put their people under the guardianship of
foreign countries like Iran and Syria. A battle between supporters
and opponents of these adventurers has begun, starting from
Palestine to Tehran passing through Syria and Lebanon. This war was
inevitable as the Lebanese government couldn’t bring Hezbollah
within its authority and make it work for the interests of Lebanon.
Similarly leader of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas has been
unable to rein in the Hamas Movement.
Unfortunately we must
admit that in such a war the only way to get rid of “these irregular
phenomena” is what Israel is doing. The operations of Israel in Gaza
and Lebanon are in the interest of people of Arab countries and the
international community.
e-mail: ahmedjarallah@hotmail.com
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