“A summary of the last 17 years is needed to understand what is happening today.” These are the words of the expert on Palestinian affairs Tariq Hammoud in an article published on the website of the pan-Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera, in reference to the war that broke out between Gaza and Israel after Hamas launched Operation Storm al-Aqsa in Israel on the morning of October 7 and other Palestinian fighting groups (including the Democratic Front, the Palestine Liberation Front and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad).
According to Hammoud, the conflict needs to be contextualized at least starting with the “end of the second Palestinian intifada and its acceptance by.” Hamas of the electoral game and its integration into the political process, the results of which were rejected by the occupation (Israel, editor’s note) and the Western democratic world that supported it.” “Since 2006, Gaza has been and is one big prison from which the escape for the prisoners of freedom has become like a dream,” concludes the Arab analyst.
Arab public opinion has sided almost unanimously (not always in method, but certainly in substance). Palestinians and with their right to self-defense and instead criticized the (again almost unanimous) position of the West’s unconditional support for the state Israel. The journalist Motasem Dalloul asks a seemingly very simple question in the pages of the Middle East Monitor: “When will world leaders begin to negotiate with different parties based on the rules of international law and not on the basis of their own prejudices and interests?”
In an article by journalist Al-Quds al-Arabi Hussein Majdoubi Instead, he writes that the Palestinian attack was “a military operation of great quality” whose “political impact will be very large, especially on the normalization process and the resumption of the Palestinian initiative.” This is because, as the Arab newspaper again reports, “this attack will ensure that the Palestinians regain control of the Palestinian solution from the hands of some Arab regimes and will push the West to convince Israel that there is a two-state solution.” the only plausible solution if it wants to protect its national security.” “7. October – it’s finally finished Majdoubi – has become a special day in the Middle East conflict as Israelis will remember it as the “day of setback” when Pegasus was useless.
“Hamas has crossed the Rubicon.” This is the headline of the Saudi newspaper Arab News in an editorial by its editor-in-chief Faisal Abbas who criticizes the savagery of the Palestinians in carrying out their struggle. However, Abbas writes that “those who claim that the attack was unprovoked are wrong: this is precisely the reaction that the deliberate and systematic intimidation of the current Israeli government provokes when insult is added to injury.” You can blame Israel’s ongoing occupation and intimidation. – continues the Arab News journalist – “However, for the Palestinians, the disadvantages seem to outweigh the advantages”, because “Israel will say that it has the right to defend itself, will declare all-out war and in retaliation will cause the greatest possible pain cause.” “.
Marwan Bishara, a political analyst at Al Jazeera, argues in an article titled “From arrogance to humiliation: the 10 hours that shocked Israel” that “Israel will have no chance of undoing what the world saw on Saturday morning: a hectic country lost in its own fantastic illusions. “Israel’s scandalous humiliation – continues Bishara – is already undermining its strategic and political position in the region. The Arab regimes that have normalized relations with Israel and cooperate with the government Netanyahu They seem sillier and sillier with each passing hour.” There is also no shortage of criticism of the establishmentPalestinian Authority: “Abbas is also failing politically by trying to maintain the fine line between condemning the Israeli occupation and coordinating security with it.” Such a balancing act is no longer tenable.” And finally he concludes: “The Palestinians have made it clear today that they would rather fight on their feet for justice and freedom than die on their knees in humiliation. “It is time for Israelis to heed the lessons of history.”