The
follower of the Arab policies since the middle of the last century
could easily notice this subjection to American demands even to
the extent of anticipation, and even to the extent that certain
Arab leaders have worked on canceling their peoples or freezing
any movement, once they know that it does not conform with the
American guidelines.
This blind following
of America, and this insistence on taking the American train
without knowing its destination, all for the sake of keeping their
positions, have made the Arab official policies in a state of
total disarray and left the nation in an unstable state that it
lost not only its rights in Palestine, but also its resource and
its political decision that became fully controlled by America
that one could no longer determine if it is an Arab or American
policy.
Aborting the Arab
summit was but another step in the same direction, but it
nevertheless indicates how much those leaders have lost… they
have lost even the decency of feeling ashamed of their actions.
We believe that those
who failed the summit have made all efforts whether in public or
behind closed doors to execute the American political agenda. In
this respect, we believe that the American secretary of state,
Colin Powell, was dissimulating when he said that he wanted to
meet with the Arab foreign ministers to learn their assessment of
the current situation. America has already reached its own
assessment that is based on the Israeli interests and gave its
instructions to those concerned in the summit.
They followed the
American orders to the letter, and Israel went out of its way to
express its rejoicing by this Arab surrender that made them
withdraw from this media forum that might have disturbed the enemy
if only a little.
All preparations to
reach this sad conclusion were made in advance. The “American
Arabs” came up with all the American issues that could blow up
the summit including the Great Middle East that totally conceals
the pains and sufferings of the Palestinians.
The Palestinian cause
itself was lost in all that talk about reform, which although the
Arab leaders hate to hear the word itself, they used it as smoke
screen that could hide what is happening in Israel and help pass
the time until the American elections in November.
We are afraid that
certain Arab parties have become part of the American plan to
cancel the Arab world. It is a plan to undermine even what has a
symbolic value in representing Arab solidarity including the Arab
League which could remain as a body without a soul and lose any
respect the Arab peoples might have for.
How else could we
understand that the host country would cancel the other countries
and decide on its own to postpone the summit? Is not it a way to
avoid any condemnation of the assassination of Sheik Ahmad Yassin
for they know that such condemnation will not be accepted by
America? Or is it that the Arab leaders, as it was said, are
afraid of the emergence of an Arab leader, like president Bashar
al-Assad, who might use a strategic rationale in discussing the
Arab conditions.
The papers that were
presented for discussion that sought to end the summit before it
begins were only concerned with declaring total submission to
America, while few only are concerned with Palestine and its
suffering. Therefore, the Arab peoples should take to the streets
and follow the model of Spaniards and French. Staying silent in
the face of all these catastrophes means that we are facing death
and advancing towards the darkness of the unknown.