According to Ahram: “El-Sisi received a phone call from Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in which the president emphasized the necessity of concerted efforts to find a just solution to the Palestinian issue in accordance with relevant international resolutions,” so El-Sisi proceeded to discuss the Israeli war with regional leaders.
There are a few problems, however, with the viewpoint of these Muslim leaders, who hold to Sharia, or at least consider it divine law, and certainly do not have Israel’s interests in mind. It is notable that while they want to see a ceasefire, they avoid mention of the obscene human rights abuses, likened to those committed by the Islamic State, that Hamas committed against Israelis. Israel is an independent sovereign state and the only democracy in the Middle East, surrounded by hostile Muslim states (which became what they are by means of bloody Islamic conquest). The expansionist imperative in Islam persists to this day. Meanwhile, in the West we see stealth encroachments regularly; then when jihadis are emboldened, violent jihad is the way. The ugly truth about jihad is stipulated in the Palestinian National Covenant, which states that Israel must be obliterated — hence the “resistance” chant, “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free.”
The partition of Palestine in 1947 and the establishment of the state of Israel are entirely illegal, regardless of the passage of time, because they were contrary to the will of the Palestinian people and to their natural right in their homeland, and inconsistent with the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations; particularly the right to self-determination. Article 19
Israel is a constant source of threat vis-a-vis peace in the Middle East and the whole world. Since the liberation of Palestine will destroy the Zionist and imperialist presence and will contribute to the establishment of peace in the Middle East, the Palestinian people look for the support of all the progressive and peaceful forces and urge them all, irrespective of their affiliations and beliefs, to offer the Palestinian people all aid and support in their just struggle for the liberation of their homeland. Article 22
During discussions, “El-Sisi and Guterres agreed that the crisis poses a grave danger to regional peace and security. They also emphasized the need to take immediate measures to end military operations on all fronts and protect civilians to prevent further deterioration in the humanitarian situation.”
Israel’s annihilation will be swift should it “end military operations.” It is notable that there is no adequate condemnation of Hamas from these Muslim leaders. Should Israel surrender more land to the Palestinians, as these leaders advocate, the Palestinians will continue to wage jihad against the Jews and the Jewish state, as they and their allies have been doing since 1948, and even before that (e.g. the Arab Revolt that was led by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, followed by his alliance with Hitler during the Holocaust). So while El-Sisi discusses “escalation between Palestinians and Israelis” with Erdogan and Mohammed bin Salman, Israel is in a full-scale war for its very survival.
This is where the three Arab leaders stand with respect to Israel:
We cannot accept anything the Palestinians do not accept and we support what they accept…Egypt is continuing to support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital based on the 1967 borders and the relevant United Nations (UN) resolutions.
…the realization of an independent, and geographically integrated Palestinian state based on 1967 borders, with (East) Jerusalem as the capital.
Mohammed bin Salman’s view (which is also a condition for normalization with Israel):
We will not delay in providing assistance to the Palestinian people in recovering their lands, restoring their legitimate rights and establishing an independent state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
A good start for these leaders would be to return all the land that Islam captured by bloody conquest. Israel is one of the few countries on earth that is on land that is rightfully theirs from a purely historical standpoint. This remains true even as its enemies gang up on it.
DanC says
Elephant in the room for all these meetings is how Islam’s books are considered: just metaphors/incantations or verbatim rules of life. As long as all the hate and warmongering from their books will be taken for real, things will not go well.
Unfortunately all leaders now are clowns. But true leaders US UN etc should ask Islamic countries: do you guys take this crap for real? because if you do, WW3 should be against militant Islam.
Frankfr Anderson says
If Israel ceased to exist and every Jew left the theatre, would the “Palestinians” suddenly become peaceful contributing members of society? Would they set aside 100 years of the current brainwashing of violence or would they go after the “leaders” of Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Jordan who refused to rescue them and left them as pawns to strike Israel?
bagsgroove says
That’s why Jordan will not le palestinians (in reality jordanians) return to Jordan because the palestinians tried to overthrow the Jordanian government.
Pjw says
I have a genuine question, why was Israel given more land in the 1948 un partition plan when Jews owned only 6% of land in palestine and Muslims were majority in palestine?
Note – I am not anti Israel or pro palestine.
bagsgroove says
Because palestinians didn’t exist. They were made up by yasser arafat There was never a palestinian state. They were all jordanians. And when the palestinians tried to overthrow the Jordanian government, they threw all the palestinians out and would not let them back in after that. Palestinians are forbidden in Jordan.
Pjw says
Palestinian nationalism was present,although it was not a major movement, it became more prominent in the 1960s. But the un partition plan was still unfair for the arabs( if you don’t wish to call them palestinians) because arabs were majority and Jews were minority. Still the Jews got a major chunk of that land.