The officials of the Arab states that had remained silent about the Zionist regime’s war crimes did not expect the Turkish prime minister to deliver such a stinging rebuke to Israeli President Shimon Peres in front of hundreds of cameras.
Ankara has had diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv for a number of years, so Erdogan’s unusual move broke a taboo in Turkey’s policy toward Israel.
No Turkish official had ever taken such a tough stance toward the Zionist regime and that is why it shocked Israeli officials.
The sudden change of direction, which was inspired by the views of Turkey’s Islamist officials on developments in the Muslim world, will have significant repercussions for both the Zionist regime and officials of compromising Arab states.
Erdogan’s well-thought-out and enthusiastic remarks, which clearly jolted the Zionist regime’s leaders, show that Tel Aviv has lost its regional allies and will experience political isolation in the future due to the wanton massacres it committed during the 22-day war against Gaza.
The Arab leaders who attended the Madrid, Sharm el-Sheikh, New York, and Davos conferences to sit down with the Zionist regime’s criminals, with no regard for the negative consequences and the outrage such actions caused, are now in dire straits.
After the Madrid conference of 1991, the comprador Arab leaders, despite the fact that they were aware of Israel’s aggressive nature, began to ignore the rights of the Palestinian nation and decided to establish overt and covert relations with the Zionist regime.
And this weakened the Islamic resistance of Palestine and led to the formation of the comprador Palestinian Authority.
However, the Turkish prime minister’s surprise move, which was greeted with cheers on the Arab street, may very well turn out to be the final nail in the coffins of comprador Arab leaders since it will surely inspire the establishment of popular movements against these leaders in the not too distant future.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taught Muslims an important lesson, namely that in order to resolve the Palestinian people’s problems, Arab nations must look beyond the Arab world to the vaster expanse called the Islamic world and take power from the hands of comprador Arab leaders and give it to a new generation of regional Muslim officials.
by Hassan Hanizadeh
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