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Experts and analysts believe that the joint Arab-Islamic summit failed to exploit the increasing pressure against the Israeli occupation and the countries that support it, in confronting what it is being subjected to. Gaza strip From an unprecedented aggression that is still continuing despite the deteriorating conditions at various levels in the Strip.
The wording of the decisions issued by the summit, which was held on Saturday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, suggested that a breakthrough was imminent in these situations, as it called for breaking the siege imposed by the Israeli occupation on Gaza, and imposing the entry of Arab, Islamic and international humanitarian aid convoys into the Strip.
However, the failure to translate these decisions into measures on the ground prompted the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Yousef Abu Al-Rish, who spoke to Al-Jazeera from the besieged Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as part of the analytical pause, “Gaza…what next?” To convey the “great disappointment” that gripped the patients, doctors, and displaced persons in the hospital as a result.
He explained that they did not expect the helplessness and silence of the participants in the summit or even of the world to reach this state, with complete silence and complete abandonment of the values of justice after all these massacres that are transmitted on a daily basis in front of everyone on the screens, adding that any hopes were transformed. A pile of disappointment after the summit passed without a trace.
He stressed the need to immediately stop the occupation’s attacks and massacres committed day and night, deliver aid directly, especially fuel and necessary medical supplies, and open a humanitarian corridor to transport the wounded, whom the hospital is no longer able to care for, even if electricity is restored.
Clear failure
In turn, the Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, saw that the joint Arab-Islamic summit clearly failed, because the decisions it reached did not go beyond constructive talk, and that it would have been more effective for them to agree to send a convoy representing all participating countries and challenge Israel by entering it from Rafah crossing.
He considered talk of delivering aid via sea and air “empty talk,” adding that Israel is not expected to allow this, as whoever refuses to bring aid in by land will not allow it in any way, in light of its surrender to its refusal to bring aid through the Rafah crossing.
Barghouti sees the Israeli Prime Minister’s message Benjamin Netanyahu What he directed after the summit to the Arab leaders to “be silent if they want to protect their interests” is an impudence that shows inability in the face of those who failed to oppress the Palestinian people.
He pointed out that a change in the positions of the countries supporting Israel is possible if the people continue their movement to pressure their governments, pointing in this context to what he considered to be the French people’s forcing of their president, Emmanuel Macron, to change his position on the situation in Gaza, and the British Prime Minister being forced to “expel.” The Minister of Interior who criticized the police’s permission for demonstrations in support of Palestine.
A pariah state
In agreement, Dr. Abdullah Al-Shaiji, professor of political science at Kuwait University, believes that Israel has become a pariah and hated state in light of millions of people holding daily demonstrations against it, pointing in this context to statements by Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen about increasing international pressure to end the war in the Gaza Strip due to the situation. Humanity is there.
Hence, he expresses his astonishment at the failure taking place in the face of the “ethnic genocide” of the people of the Gaza Strip and the deafening silence regarding the occupation’s aggression, pointing out that he proposed before holding the summit, to prove the seriousness of the positions, that it be held in Rafah and followed by sending convoys to lift the siege, where Israel would not dare to bomb anything. Represents 57 Arab and Muslim countries.
He also pointed out that various measures were supposed to be taken, including withdrawing all ambassadors from the summit countries, to make Israel feel that it is paying a price for its aggression and that its bill is high, pointing out that there were reports issued by American embassies in Arab countries that warned that the administration’s position joe biden Being biased towards Israel will cause America to lose Arab public opinion for an entire generation.
Hence, according to his opinion, it was possible to exploit this pressure on Biden in light of his critical situation as a candidate in the 2024 elections in light of a growing division within his party, and a noticeable loss of his popularity among the Arab and Muslim voters in America.
