by Saleh Al-Shayeji
I am trying to be realistic, objective and reasonable in what I am writing because I know that it will be shocking as well as contradicting with age-old non-negotiable beliefs and taboos. Is Israel an enemy? Is animosity stable or changeable? Is it controlled by and subject to certain situations, circumstances, attitudes and interests?Why does Kuwait consider Israel as an enemy while it deals with Iraq, that already invaded and occupied it, as a friend, brother and neighbor?
Arab hostility to Israel started even before establishing Israel, when
powerful resourceful Arab countries at that time fought some Jewish
militia gangs in Palestine, and yet those gangs managed to defeat the
well-armed armies of seven Arab countries. International intervention
was then resorted to in order to resolve the dispute over Palestinian
territories between Arabs and the Jews. However, the ‘mighty’ Arabs
rejected the division project, and thus granted the Jews a second
victory. Consequently, the state of Israel was founded and declared and
was recognized by the world except for Arab countries and other ones
that later on found no alternative other than recognizing it.
Whose enemy is Israel? Is it the enemy of all Arab states? Well,
Palestinians have every right to antagonize Israel because they occupied
their lands. We do support and assist them in every possible way we can
and that it the maximum, and nothing more, Arab countries are expected
to do.
After seven whole decades, as Arabs, who is our real enemy today? Do all
Arab states have only one enemy or each country or group of countries
have an enemy who might most probably be a dear friend of another? The
first step towards reform in the Arab world is to alienate the Arab
nationalism concepts because facts deny them and those who believe they
still exist are delusional.
Take Kuwait, for an example. Is Israel a real enemy of it? Has it ever
invaded it? Has it fought it? Has it killed its citizens? The answer to
all the above questions is a big fat NO. Why does Kuwait consider Israel
as an enemy while it deals with Iraq, that already invaded and occupied
it, as a friend, brother and neighbor? I do not wish that Kuwait
antagonizes Iraq. On the contrary, it made the right decision because
animosity is constantly changeable, particularly in politics where
yesterday’s enemy can be today’s friend and today’s friend might become
tomorrow’s enemy. This is a real fact.
The bottom line is that Israel is not Arabs’ enemy and Arab countries
have to individually get rid of the Arab nation’s complex and make their
own individual decisions independently.
– Translated by Kuwait Times
from Al-Anbaa
Saleh Al-Shayeji
Source: http://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/israel-is-not-our-enemy/
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