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Bassam Tawil • April 6, 2019 at 5:00 am
- The
anti-Israel campaign in the Arab and Islamic world sees peace with
Israel -- and not failed leadership, bad economic policies and
corruption -- as the biggest threat to Arabs and Muslims.
Recognizing Israel's right to exit is also seen by many Arabs and
Muslims as a humiliation to their values, their culture, their
political power and their economic traditions. They seem concerned
that Arabs and Muslims might wake up one morning and start
demanding freedom of expression and free and democratic elections
like the ones held every few years in Israel.
- The
anti-peace camp seems to want its people to continue living in
misery and under dictatorships, so that it is easier to recruit
people to jihad against Israel and the West. Also, if people are
lifted from poverty and misery and begin to enjoy the fruits of
modern civilization, there is a chance that Arabs and Muslims will
move away from Islam and even start endorsing the inadmissible
values of the West.
- The
Trump administration will soon discover what every child in the
Arab and Islamic world already knows: that the Israeli-Arab
conflict is not about a settlement or a checkpoint or a security
fence, but about Israel's very right to exist in the Middle East.
The Trump administration will also learn that peace with Israel is
seen by many Arabs and Muslims as nothing but an unacceptable
threat that must at all costs be stopped.
Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas, who is often described by Western media and officials as
"moderate" and "pragmatic," last year quoted
Egyptian intellectual Abdel-Wahab El-Messiri, saying Israel
"constitutes a colonialist enterprise that has nothing to do with
Judaism," and adding that Europeans wanted "to transfer the
Jews" to the Middle East because "they wanted this region to
become an advanced post to protect the interests and the convoys coming
from Europe to the East." (Image source: MEMRI video
screenshot)
Peace with Israel is purportedly a form of surrender and
submission that will harm the dignity of Arabs and Muslims.
This is the theme of a massive campaign being waged by
Palestinians and other Arabs in preparation for the announcement of the
US administration's plan for peace in the Middle East, also known as
the "deal of the century." The plan, according to US
officials, is expected to be announced sometime after the general elections
in Israel, slated for April 9.
The latest campaign is designed to thwart the "deal
of the century" and terrorize Arabs and Muslims who may wish to
accept the US administration's peace plan.
As part of an effort to raise awareness to the dangers
of the "deal of the century," an increasing number of
Palestinians and Arabs are now trying to explain to their people why
peace and normalization of ties with Israel is totally unacceptable.
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