Israel, Palestine, Uncle Sam And The Arab Countries
17-01-2009
Israel is truly barbaric and inhuman. They delivered a very painful Islamic New
Year (1430 H) “parcel” to Palestine. Yet the Islamic nations are unresponsive!
It is just so very sad that they are chained within the grip of America. It has
been over two weeks that the Palestinians are showered by the Israelis with
shells and bombs which are getting more and more brutal and cruel each day. It
was not only the Hamas movement center that was attacked, but also schools,
universities, hospitals and masjids – already more than 50 masjids had been
destroyed. It appears that it had become the ‘specialty’ of Israel to give a
painful and agonizing shock to the Palestinian citizens.
In reality, that shock was not only meant for Palestine, but the whole Islamic
ummah. Because the Islamic ummah is “one body”, like what Rasulullah SAW had
mentioned in his hadith. But what is the story with the Islamic ummah today?
Various criticisms were launched as responses to the rains of bullets and bombs
in Palestine. Only the Palestinian citizens alone had been truly reacting, the
rest of the Islamic ummah could only criticize and condemn the Israeli acts. The
rulers of the Islamic nations have really been infected by the disease of “wahn”,
like what Rasulullah SAW had prophesized. Wahn, too much love for the dunya
(world) and the fear of death.
The Bitter Reality
The Muslim countries could be proud for sending tons and tons of medicines and
food but it should be noted that the Palestinians do not only need those. What
they need is a direct involvement in the battle arena. Yes, this is the time for
the Islamic ummah and the Muslim countries to show their solidarities, a
concrete ukhuwwah and not a camouflaged one. That is the hope of all the people
but unfortunately it is a bitter reality we are seeing today.
The Muslim countries are unconcerned. Do not ask about Saudi Arabia and the
other Gulf countries, as well as the Emirates. They are already shackled within
the grip of Uncle Sam. What can be expected from countries that are already
sedated by the aids and backings from the raunchiest country in the world?
Egypt is the closest country to Israel because of the Rafah wall, which sadly is
still not opened today. Even though the Egyptian ambassador to Indonesia had
said that the gate had been opened, but the fact tells otherwise. To date, the
opposition party from the camp of Ikhwan Muslimin (IM) is still demanding for
the opening of the gate. Most probably, according to www.aljazeera.net (Friday,
2/1/09), a big scale demonstration would break out soon at the Egypt-Israel
border, as a form of the ummah’s solidarity with their brethrens in Palestine.
This is what needs to be done now! Do not wait any longer, open Rafah
immediately!
Uncle Sam Is The Violator of The Basic Human Rights
The draft proposed to the UN by France and Egypt, as well as a few other
countries so that a ceasefire would soon be achieved, was rejected by America.
Don’t talk about the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the most that
they could do is to issue a UN resolution and it is no guarantee that they would
punish Israel for the crimes and brutality they had committed. Israel is
considered as the ‘golden child’ of Uncle Sam. In addition, Uncle Sam holds the
“right to veto” along with the other four countries. All of them are from the
West, and they are all Islam “haters”. What about the UN Secretary-General? It
has no tooth at all and as if it is purposely preplanned, the ones who are
elected as the UN Secretary-General are always from smaller countries, which are
still in need of supports from Uncle Sam.
The time has come for the Arab nations to be united in defending their brothers
in Palestine. Or is it too difficult to achieve? As each one of them is
defending its own "ashabiyyah" (nationalism, chauvinism), just like what Ibnu
Khaldun mentioned in his Muqaddimah. That is the disease of the Arab nations. It
might be that they feel it is not their countries that are being invaded and
destroyed. Let the Palestinians solve the problem of their own country. Or is it
that the wicks of their logical reasoning are too short? To the extent that when
all the Islamic lands have been destroyed, nothing could be done anymore!
We Must Beware
The Islamic ummah should be smart enough to read the situation. Isn’t the
Taliban being crushed in a blitz by the coward forces of the Western countries?
How many countries are sent to Afghanistan just to destroy the Taliban? The
reason behind it all is not the “Taliban” per se, but because the Taliban is
defending and struggling for the cause of Islam. It is the same with Iraq. How
many countries had been asked by Uncle Sam to destroy the country of the “One
Thousand and One Nights”. It was not because Saddam Hussein was despotic and
tyrannic but because Saddam Muslim was going against the flow of the American
interests. Also not because Iraq is possessing weapons of mass destruction, but
because of the problem of Uncle Sam who is thirsty for Iraqi oil. The proof?
George W. Bush himself admitted in the end that there was no WMD. Bush regretted
in the end but it was indeed a regret that was made up.
Sometimes ago, America also started to look for trouble in Syria. Its jet
fighters killed 10 innocent civilians. The excuse was a classic one! “We were in
the midst of chasing terrorists who are hiding in Syria”. It was also the same
case as Iran. Up till now the relation between both countries are still
strained. Looks like Iran is going to be made the next Iraq, as the excuse for
both is “nuclear”. It could be imagined that supposing (Na'uzubillah) Syria is
destroyed, Taliban is scorched and Iran is wiped out, what else could be done by
Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Emirates, Yemen, Jordan, much less Indonesia. No
country would dare to come forward as a balancing power as all have already
become the “slaves” of the West. All have become the “lickers” for the sake of
palliative interests.
As Muslims we cannot despair for it is the attitude of the Kafir to despair,
Allah has told us. We would like to see with our own eyes, would the Muslim-Arab
nations still be quiet after seeing their brethrens being crushed from all
sides? Or would they pick up arms without any delay and jump forward to reach
Palestine? We do not want to be likened to the classic that says, “Ittafaqu ‘ala
alla yattafiqu”, “The Arab-Muslim nations normally get together and agree with
each other to “disagree””.
Wallahu a‘lamu bi al-sowab.
by Qosim Nursheha Dzulhadi
Submitted by a Mujahid