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impatient, go straight to last paragraph. Worth forwarding. sPosted on
7/15/2006 10:50:54 AM Ahmed Al-JarallahBy Ahmed Al-Jarallah Editor-in-Chief,
the Arab TimesPEOPLE of Arab countries, especially the Lebanese and
Palestinians, have been held hostage for a long time in the name of
“resisting Israel.” Arab governments have been caught between political
obligations and public opinion leading to more corruption in politics and
economics. Forgetting the interests of their own countries the Hamas
Movement and Hezbollah have gone to the extent of representing the interests
of Iran and Syrian in their countries. These organizations have become the
representatives of Syria and Iran without worrying about the consequences of
their action.Recently Hamas kidnapped an Israeli soldier and bombed Israeli
settlements with locally manufactured missiles. Soon Hezbollah followed
suit, kidnapping two Israeli soldiers. Both these organizations claimed they
had kidnapped Israeli soldiers to exchange them for Arab prisoners who are
being held in Israeli jails. The fact that Hamas and Hezbollah gave the same
reason for kidnapping Israeli soldiers gives us a glimpse their agenda,
which is similar to the one followed by Syria and Iran in their conflict
with the United States. While the people of Palestine and Lebanon are paying
the price of this bloody conflict, the main players, who caused this
conflict, are living in peace and asking for more oil from Arab countries to
support the facade of resisting Israel. With the Palestinian Authority close
to collapse and the Lebanese government beginning to give up responsibility
for what is happening in its territory, Saudi Arabia has been forced to come
out of its diplomatic routine and indirectly hold Hezbollah responsible for
what is happening Lebanon. Without mentioning Hezbollah by name Saudi Arabia
blamed certain “elements” inside Lebanon for the violence with Israel and
said “it is necessary to make a distinction between legitimate resistance
and uncalculated adventures adopted by certain elements within Lebanon
without the knowledge of legal Lebanese authorities.” While reiterating its
support for Palestinian and Lebanese resistance against Israeli occupation,
Saudi Arabia has clearly said it is against irresponsible adventures
undertaken by certain elements in the region without consulting the legal
authorities putting all Arab nations at risk. The Kingdom has also said
“these elements must take responsibility for their irresponsible actions and
they alone should end the crisis created by them.”This angry response from
Saudi Arabia has politically isolated Hezbollah and Hamas besides holding
them responsible for their actions. This attitude of Saudi Arabia, which has
been doing all it can to protect the Arab world from Israeli aggression, is
enough to unmask the adventurers, who have violated the rights of their own
countries and tried put their people under the guardianship of foreign
countries like Iran and Syria. A battle between supporters and opponents of
these adventurers has begun, starting from Palestine to Tehran passing
through Syria and Lebanon. This war was inevitable as the Lebanese
government couldn’t bring Hezbollah within its authority and make it work
for the interests of Lebanon. Similarly leader of the Palestinian Authority
Mahmoud Abbas has been unable to rein in the Hamas Movement. Unfortunately
we must admit that in such a war the only way to get rid of “these irregular
phenomena” is what Israel is doing. The operations of Israel in Gaza and
Lebanon are in the interest of people of Arab countries and the
international community.e-mail: ahmedjarallah@hotmail.com =