Normalization with Israel a stab in the Palestinians’ back
By Khalid Amayreh • Sep 16th, 2009 at 13:12 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Features, Khalid Amayreh, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Our Authors, Resistance
WRITTEN BY KHALID AMAYREH – There is no doubt that any form of Arab normalization with Israel, especially under current circumstances, constitutes a brazen betrayal of the Palestinian people and their enduring just cause for justice and freedom from the cruel Israeli occupation.
In recent weeks, there have been consistent reports indicating that a number of Arab regimes are voicing a willingness to normalize relations with the extremist Israeli government of Benyamin Netanyahu.
According to these reports, some unspecified Arab regimes signaled to the Obama administration that they would be willing to take a number of “gestures” and “overtures” toward Israel, including allowing Israeli planes to fly over their territories, land and refuel at their airports as well as issue entry visas for Israeli officials, business people and ordinary citizens.
The “gestures” and “overtures” are supposedly meant to encourage the apartheid state to walk in the path of peace and give American-led efforts a chance to succeed.
The latest development in this unethical morass has been a secret visit by Netanyahu to an unspecified Arab state, probably in the Gulf region. Some of these former British protectorates, now American satellite princedoms, have informed the Obama administration of their readiness to take daring steps toward normalizing with the Jewish state.
However, it has been amply clear that all Arab “goodwill efforts” are having the opposite effect on Israeli government behaviors, especially with regard to Jewish settlement expansion and land theft in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Indeed, in the past few days, the Israeli government has issued tenders for building hundreds of settler units all over the occupied territories, further corroding any chances for the creation of a viable Palestinian state.
The decision is viewed not only as a flagrant defiance of the Obama administration but also as a naked contempt for Arab normalization “gestures and overtures.”
Well, the normalizing Arabs seem to deserve all the scorn they are getting from Israel. After all, people who don’t respect themselves and their peoples don’t deserve to be respected.
Nonetheless, it seems that the slave-minded Arab regimes wouldn’t alter their scandalously disgraceful behavior vis-à-vis Zionist insolence no matter how much scorn and indignity is smacked onto their shameless faces.
This is because these decadent self-worshipers relate to the US government, irrespective of the political color of the incumbent administration, as the ultimate pimp whose instructions and directions must be heeded without the slightest deviation.
What else can be said of Arab leaders who claim to be followers of the Prophet Muhammed but rewards Israel generously every time the Nazi-like entity steps up its oppression and persecution of the Palestinian people.
Even whores are mindful of their interests, which shows that those Arab despots harrowing to normalize with the Judeo-Nazi state don’t even have the morality of a whore.
I don’t have the slightest doubt that these Kings, princes and presidents-for-life realize well that whatever they do to appease and please Israel will not make the criminal entity opt for peace and therefore put an end to decades of its Nazi-like occupation of Palestine.
But, if so, why do they still blindly heed American orders to cheapen themselves and their respective countries and peoples when they know quite well that Israel will ignore them with utter contempt.
The answer is clear. These ignorant Arab tyrants are unelected by their people, don’t feel answerable or even responsible to the masses and, therefore, feel they can behave according to their wild whims without having to worry about the consequences of their misrule and abuse of power, even including treason.
Besides, we all know that “normalization with Israel,” which itself is skewed term lacking logical consistency, had been thoroughly tried during the Clinton administration’s reign when Arab states from the Maghreb to Sheikdoms of the Gulf were herded like meek sheep to normalize with Israel. And what was the outcome of this silly game?
Did Israel stop killing the Palestinians? Did Israel stop building colonies on stolen Arab land? Did Israel stop demolishing Arab homes? Did Israel stop narrowing Palestinian horizons?
We know too well the answers to these questions. Israel actually stepped up its oppression and repression of the Palestinian people, which culminated in the genocidal blitz in Gaza earlier this year, destroying the coastal enclave and mercilessly slaughtering, incinerating and maiming thousands of innocent people whose only crime was their “helplessness” and the non-existence of a powerful state that would shield them from the savagery of the Nazis of our time.
Another point. We all know that Israel views the entire issue of normalization with the Arab world as a diversionary tactic to divert attention from and have ample time for effecting more settlement expansion.
Hence, it is just pointless that Arabs must always harrow aimlessly after Zionist illusions.
Indeed, one wouldn’t exaggerate much by stating that even if the 300 million Arabs were to become willing weavers of skullcaps for religious Jews, Israel would continue to reject peace and look down on them as scum, vermin and dirty animals that ought to be exterminated.
We, who have been living under the Israeli occupation rule for decades, know Israel like no other people do. Hence it would be a futile exercise in stupidity and vacuity for these late-day descendants of Omar Ibn al Khattab and Salahuddin to try that which has been tried ad nauseam, but to no avail.
Israel is a combination of Nazi brutality and Zionist racism and, as such, respects only power and force. Hence, it is imperative that these so-called leaders realize that their stupid “gestures” and “overtures” won’t take them anywhere and that they will continue to be viewed by Israel as stupid imbeciles who have no will of their own and who are bereft of human dignity.
Well, I don’t blame Israel for viewing you this way.
When we went to elementary school, we learned that a wolf shouldn’t be blamed for attacking the sheep if the shepherd is the flock’s enemy.
Khalid Amayreh is a journalist based in the Occupied Palestinian town of Dura.
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Khalid. Salam, Ramadan Kareem and Kulu Amen Wantum Bekhair. Why do we blame the Arab and Muslim or even African countries for normalizing relation with Israel when it was the stupid, reckless, irresponsible and even criminal and fraudulent leadership of the Palestinians (Arafat & Company) that opened the door wide open for Israel all over the Arab and Muslim world? It seems that we forget that Arafat and his Oslo and the PLO full recognition that enabled countries like Jordan ( even though the late King Hussein had private relations with Israeli leaders he never took the decision to recognize Israel until after Oslo), Qatar, Morocco and Tunisia never entertained the idea of opening relationship with Israel before Oslo. Beside, the not so brilliant Trio of Arafat, Abbas and Qurai) never consulted any Arab and Muslim countries when they went ahead and made their own private and personal deal with Israel in Oslo. Of course never to end the Occupation but to manage it so they can make financial killings on the deal and of course save the PLO and Fatah from financial ruins so they can serve Israel and its interests for years to come. Please do not blame the Arabs, blame this failed and corrupt Palestinian leadership for making it possible for Israel and its officials to be received in countries from Indonesia to Morocco. Perhaps we should look after our own backyard before we blame the neighbors. It was Arafat, Abbas and Qurai who stabbed the Arabs and Muslims in the back with their Oslo.
always Arab countries are Traitors…..why you want to normalize with israel and you know israel killing and stealing the lands….by the way our real enemy arre arab countries
Re: Normalize relations with toxic septic tank Israel?!!!
Who visits that '1/2 acre of Zionist hell,' anyway? There are a thousand offers all over the ZioNazi's Internet sites offering El-AL trips to Israel for 1/2 price and other enticements to visit 'historic' Israel.
Let us wait until the Ahmadinjad government does a 'little spade work' and then (after the radioactive kosher confetti is safely buried 12 meters deep with plastic sheeting to protect the aquifers) perhaps land in Israel will be real cheap, da Messr Moscowitz?
TheAZCowBoy
Tombstone, AZ.
Dear all
The NORMALIZATION with Israel is not a stab in the palestinians' back.. only
In this phase of the history, the humanity shall not allow for some gangs like the jewish zionist gangs of Haganah, TNT, Gush Imunim, and Stern, to come from all the world, to invade and occupy the land of others, then become legal and NORMAL in the land that that occupied.
Normalization means dealing with the immoral unnormal as a moral normal..
Who accepts that??
This happened with the red Indians before less than 3 centuries..
with the (Abongines), the original people of Australia before less than 2 centuries
In saouth Africa (but retreated and defeated)
If these invaders of America and Australia became normal, at that time, when the humanity had no media nor satellite.. it is a crime that the humanity commit this crime again. against herself.
Refusing the normalization with such gangs is not a solidarity with the Palestinians,.. It is a self defense action to prevent recording a "preceden" in this phase of the history where every body knows every thing!!
There are many things to say about NORMALIZATION
But in no way, we shall consider it as a solidarity with Palestinians, It is the war of every body against the aggressors who invade all the peoples every where..
All the aggressors shall not become NORMAL in the land that they invade, If we want to protect the future of our children and the humanity on this globe.
What the Author says about the will of Arab governments to normalize with Israel, shall be understood, because these gorvernments them selves are not normal
Who of these governments is elected by the people??
Who of them the courage to ask the people that he rules in a referendum about anything??
Who of them is not a beneficiary of the existence of Israel??
Can any body answer and prove his answer?!
Ali Hattar