Over the years of the conflict with the occupation, the Palestinians had many experiences with Arab diplomatic activity, most of which were disappointed by the gap between the official discourse and the policies implemented on the ground. Is the "Jerusalem Resilience and Development Conference" considered an exception in this context?
After lean years of normalization and calls for alliance with the occupation and integration with it politically, economically, security and militarily, which dried up many sources of support for Arab and Palestinian right, the past year witnessed signs of increased interest in the Palestinian cause, in conjunction with the Arab Summit in Algeria, and then at the Jerusalem Conference that took place in Cairo on Monday. February 12th.
Is this approach considered a promising oasis on the way to liberation from occupation, or a mirage that thirsty people think is water?
backgrounds and context
The conference comes in the context of a "counterattack" on the course of Arab normalization with the occupying state, led by the State of Algeria, which is now feeling a political and security threat due to the development of Moroccan-Israeli normalization to the level of declared military and intelligence cooperation, and the tendency to establish a joint military industry in the field of drones, which constitutes A threat to the security of neighboring countries and their strategic interests.
Therefore, Algeria took advantage of the opportunity of its presidency of the Arab summit to refocus on the Palestinian cause, to benefit from the fact that the Arab peace initiative depends on normalization with the implementation of the two-state solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, which has not been achieved, and this is not expected in the foreseeable future.
A step forward.. but!
Raising the level of Arab awareness of the extent of the occupying power's danger to the countries of the region is undoubtedly an achievement.
Unifying the Arab effort in the diplomatic and media field regarding the issue of Jerusalem is a necessary step forward in confronting its Judaization projects.
Planning to support the steadfastness of the Jerusalemites in their city through practical projects is a right direction that the Palestinians have been calling for for decades.
However, the success of any such endeavors in changing the reality on the ground requires comprehensive action and a greater willingness to take some necessary risks to protect Arab national security.
The occupation uses various tools of aggression, militarily, security, economically, politically and in the media, in the battle of Judaizing Jerusalem and dividing Al-Aqsa Mosque, and a strategy limited to political and economic support cannot succeed in confronting it. It requires the mobilization of efforts and the consolidation of various forms of jihad and struggle in order to impede the progress of the occupation and raise its costs, in preparation for its removal.
It is inconceivable that any strategy to confront the occupation should deviate the Palestinian resistance from the scene, nor consider it a power card capable of inflicting pain on the occupation and raising the cost of its aggression.
between words and deeds
The success of any strategy is based on the coherence of the work of the various parties involved in it, in order to achieve its objectives.
Here, basic questions arise regarding the consistency of the behavior of many Arab parties and their declared positions on the Palestinian issue:
If the defense of Jerusalem is a priority Arab goal, and as long as Jerusalem is an occupied land, why do some Arab countries issue condemnations of the commando operations carried out by Jerusalemites in defense of their homeland and their city?
And why does the field position of the Jordanian endowment employees in Al-Aqsa Mosque decline, from assigning the stationed in it to passivity and neutrality, and even asking the stationed to vacate the mosque in the most severe times of the Israeli threat and escalation of it?
And why are we witnessing the Gaza Strip being punished for its victory over Al-Aqsa Mosque, and its resistance waging the battle of Saif al-Quds to deter attacks on it, and why does the country that hosts this conference continue to besiege and hinder its reconstruction?!
How can Arab countries be allies of the Palestinians and the occupying state at the same time, and who will be the target of their security and intelligence cooperation with the enemy state?
Looking at the occupation based on its being a threat to the interests of the Arab nation and its countries collectively and individually, requires considering cooperation with the occupation as an act hostile to the rest of the countries and peoples of the region that calls for mobilization in confronting it, and not accepting its coverage with media positions devoid of content regarding sympathy for and support for the Palestinians.
In this context, it is useless to rely on the history of support and confrontation with the occupation. The topic of the research is to assess the current orientations of the countries that have been involved in normalization. As for the previous efforts and sacrifices in confronting the occupation, it is the right position dictated by the national, national and Islamic interest, to which it is necessary to return and stand on the side. Correct from history, philanthropist and morally.
expectations and desired
In conclusion, the success of any strategy to confront the occupation’s encroachment on the region in general, and on Palestine and Jerusalem in particular, requires a comprehensive Arab strategy, based on redefining the occupation as a fundamental threat to the security, economic and political interests of Arab countries, and employing all economic, political and diplomatic tools in confronting it, and considering the resistance of the Palestinians An advanced line of defense for the fundamental interests of the peoples and countries of the region, which requires the provision of political, media and material support for them.
Confronting Western pressures that seek to put the Arab countries in a state of conflict with the rightful Palestinian endeavors to fight the occupation, which is supported by the conviction of the peoples of these countries that this is in the national and national interest, in addition to its moral and ethical correctness.
Otherwise, the usefulness of the official Arab conferences and movements remains small and limited, while the occupation continues with its footprint and the imposition of facts on the ground.