FOR the past six years, Iran has been hiding behind its fingers in its open terrorist war against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, claiming that the sabotage attacks launched by the Houthi forces to confront what it calls the aggression against Yemen. Given that lies have short legs, the Iranian Quds Force Commander Ismail Qaani admitted, “Our allied forces, in less than ten days, launched 18 accurate operations against Saudi Arabia”.
His statement affirmed his country’s continued interference in Yemen’s internal affairs, and its threat against the United States, saying, “The sound of the crushing of America’s bones will be heard at the appropriate time”.
We all know that these words are for local satisfaction, as Iran will not dare touch an American soldier.
Irrespective of the language that these terrorists speak, there is a common denominator between them, which is their endeavor to dominate the region and change its beliefs.
For 41 years, the Mullahs regime has proven that it is the enemy of Arabs in the aspect of religion, and of the world. It will not hesitate even for a moment to use all illegal and internationally-reprehensible means for the sake of achieving its expansionist goals. The Arabs have to assert themselves, get out of the circle of the past in which they imprisoned themselves, and look at their reality and their future through an alliance with Israel.
Firstly before anything else, we have to admit that Palestine, for four thousand years since the time of the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him), was never an independent entity. Before it emerged from an occupation, it fell under another fist.
Even when the Crusaders occupied it, it was done with the cooperation of some of the people of Acre at that time. They did not leave it except after a reconciliation between Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub and Richard the Lionheart.
In addition to that, historically, the Jews were allies of the Arabs. We have the best example of what they were subjected to from the crusade abuse in Andalusia/Spain, because of their special relationship with the Islamic state in that region.
Why be more royal than king? Weren’t the Palestinians themselves the first to take the path of negotiating with Tel Aviv and establishing relations with it such that it reached the point of security cooperation?
Rather, weren’t the Palestinians the ones who built Israeli settlements? That is why normalization with Tel Aviv, which is currently a supportive force for the Arabs in the conflict with their historic enemy Iran, is no longer shameful or disgraceful.
While the peacock vanity regime seeks to spread Shiism in the region, disguising its alliances with some Arab powers with the mantle of resistance that has proven false for four decades, the Jews, based on their geographical and demographical reality, will not be able to judaize 400 million Arabs. Rather, they seek to be an effective member in the region economically and scientifically, and live in peace with the Arabs.
Even on the military level, Israel has possessed the nuclear bomb since the 1960s. Despite all the wars it has fought, it has not used this weapon of mass destruction. On the other hand, Iran continues to threaten us with this type of weapon.
Iran has surpassed international warnings and started enriching uranium at very high rates. The promises and pledges made by its leaders of not building a nuclear weapon are no longer sufficient.
There is no doubt that Qaani’s admission of the continuation of Iran’s war on Saudi Arabia not only exposes the excuse that the Houthis are fighting that war, but also forces everyone to know for sure that there is no solution with this pernicious regime except by eradicating it from its roots. This must happen quickly with cooperation between the Arabs and Israel; otherwise, the threat of terrorism will remain a sword that will reach the Arabs and the Jews until the disappearance of this cancerous tumor.
By Ahmed Al-Jarallah
Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times
