Israel and Palestine Conflict
It has been almost 17 days since the war broke out between Israel and Hamas and it is getting worse every day. More than 500 people lost their lives in the attack on a hospital in Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Although Hamas has said that it was an attack by Israel, but the Israeli Defense Force has released some videos saying that a Hamas rocket fell there and it was the work done by its terrorists.
Hamas knew that it would not win the war with Israel, but still it carried out such a major attack. Now it has requested for military cooperation from Muslim countries and due to this, rockets are being fired by Hezbollah in Israel, Syria and Lebanon. However, it is worth noting that the issue of Palestine over which Hamas has waged war against Israel, once brought together the entire Islamic countries and they stood by it in every way without any hesitation.
However, today the matter has changed, because now apart from terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah or countries like Iran and Syria, no big Islamic country is openly confronting Israel. If Hamas is really concerned about the independence of Palestine and its people, then why is it not getting support, why is no big Islamic person standing with it. All these things are describing a new equation in the Middle East, in which it can be said whether the attitude of Islamic countries has really changed regarding Israel. To know this, it is very important to first know why Hamas carried out the attack and why this time was chosen to do it.
It is completely clear that Hamas knew that it could not acquire Israel’s land by any means, but the way Hamas took Israeli people hostage makes it clear that it is This has been done to spread terror and attract the attention of more and more people in the world. Along with this, the time chosen for the attack is being considered by America as a peace agreement between Israel and Saudi.
The Palestine issue had been around for many decades, but on March 27, 2022, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken along with the diplomatic heads of 4 Arab countries Egypt, UAE, Bahrain and Morocco. In this summit he discussed about Iran, Ukraine war and Palestinians. The Abraham Accord signed in this summit was supposed to suppress the demands of Arab countries on the question of Palestine. Recognition of Israel by UAE, Bahrain and Morocco under the Abraham Accords raised many questions in itself. This ended the Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz plan by the Saudi Crown Prince 18 years ago.
What was Abdullah’s plan?
Under this plan, the condition for establishing diplomatic relations with Israel was that Israel should withdraw its control over all the land captured in the six-day war of 1967 (West Bank, Gaza Ghulam Heights), but history is witness to this. This plan could not succeed. It was accepted by the Palestinians and many Arab countries, but rejected by Israel. Israel said the plan was too much for the Palestinians and would pose a security threat. Israel argued that with the majority of Palestinians living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Israel needed to implement security measures before withdrawing its occupation.
The Abdullah Plan is considered an important milestone in the Middle East peace process. It was the first time that an Arab leader had agreed to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel. Under the plan, Palestinians will be provided a state, with East Jerusalem as its capital. This state would be open to all Palestinians, regardless of their religious background. Palestinian leaders supported the resolution, saying it was the only way to achieve justice and equality for their people.
America changed the game
Amidst the increasing irrelevance of the Palestinian Authority under the government of President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, President Donald Trump and Joe Biden had implemented a huge and never-before-done task of peace in the Middle East in small talks with the Gulf. Along with this, Saudi-Israeli talks strengthened the ongoing efforts for peace. Critics of this peace talk used to say that as the Republicans and Arabs are increasing their control over the Middle East, the issue of Palestine is also taking a back seat for them. He says that leaving the question of Palestine behind by Arab leaders is related to their undemocratic nature. Some even went so far as to say that the political patronage of these Arab countries over the UAE is forcing them to do this, due to this, as the Arab countries started talking about peace talks with Israel, the question of Palestine’s existence was becoming weaker. was going.
Along with this, the most powerful countries of the region, Saudi Arabia and UAE, are busy in changing their oil-dependent economy in view of the demand of time. Along with this, they are also making big changes in their society, in which the fanaticism of people towards religion and it has also decreased. In other words, geopolitics was being replaced by geoeconomy and the Abraham Accords had brought Israel very close to Dubai. This year, a free trade agreement was also signed between Israel and Dubai, after which an increase of Rs 2.5 billion in trade growth was expected in its business. Along with this, China made an agreement between Iran and Saudi, from which it has become clear that now the countries of the Middle East are forgetting their mutual enmity and are engaged in improving their economy.
Arab countries need cooperation for business model
From Saudi to other Arab countries, they know that their economy is running on oil and its importance will reduce in the future. With this he wants to establish himself in IT and manufacturing. In this changing business model, they will need US and Israel the most. Along with this, in view of Iran’s growing nuclear program, Saudi has made it clear that if this happens then we too will not waste time in making nuclear weapons and the US will help us in this. In such a situation, it is clear that Biden’s visit to Israel has sent a clear message to the Arab countries that if they want any help from the US, then they should keep themselves away from the Hamas issue.
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