It's an Arab battle, not Iran's

Whether Iran's friends and those who side with it, or its opponents who are happy to record observations or shortcomings in its performance, both look at Iran with interest, either by providing justification and searching for excuses for its shortcomings in confronting the Israeli colony, or by recording condemnation for not adhering to what duty dictates to it in directing a strike or strikes on its part in response to the aggression against it or its allies by the Israeli occupation forces.

The battle is not Iran's battle, but rather the Arabs' battle. If there is any blame, it should be directed at Arab negligence, not at Iran. Iran is an independent state that understands its interests and acts on this basis. It would be an unbalanced adventurer if it fought battles for the sake of others, for the sake of the Arabs, if it had no interest in doing so.

We do not have relations with Hamas or Hezbollah. We disagree with them. However, Jordan understands where its national and regional interests lie. The head of state and the foreign minister act in expressing our feelings and interests by siding with Palestine and Lebanon, because directing strikes against Hamas and Hezbollah, undermining their position, ending their role and eliminating their leaders, is being done by the hands of the colony and in the interest of its domination and hegemony over the Arab East region. Do we have an interest in that even if we disagree with the policies of Hamas and Hezbollah?

We disagreed with the regimes of Saddam Hussein and Hafez al-Assad, and yet Hussein used to say with determination and insistence: “We will not participate in the slaughter of Iraq under the American flag.” Hussein recorded for us the honor of our armed forces that they did not participate in the slaughter of Iraq, and did not harm it, and we paid a price for this noble nationalist stance that our country took, and that our political system practiced with loftiness and dignity, and likewise with Syria, we refused to contribute to undermining the Syrian regime or harming it.

Iran acts according to its interests. It has no interest in clashing with the United States for several reasons: First, it seeks to end the state of estrangement with Washington, perhaps to end the state of siege and sanctions imposed on it. Second, to implement the nuclear agreement reached in 2015, perhaps to reach membership in the nuclear club. Third, so that Washington does not push towards contributing to the bombing of the colony’s forces of: 1- The Iranian nuclear reactor that will produce a nuclear bomb for it, and 2- The oil refineries that produce energy and financial resources for it by selling oil. Therefore, it acts according to its interests, and its interests only, and not for the interests of the Arabs, even if they are its friends, allies, or followers.

Hezbollah provided interaction and sacrifice in support of Palestine, and now it is paying the price. Therefore, it deserves appreciation for what it did. This is the first time that there has been actual Arab participation at this level, contributing to alleviating the burden on the people of Gaza and its resistance.

The battle is the battle of the Palestinian people first and foremost, and those Arab brothers who stand with them. Netanyahu is the one who evades the formula of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict over the entire land of Palestine, or the Arab-Israeli conflict by occupying the Syrian Golan Heights and southern Lebanon, and he describes the conflict as “Israeli-Iranian” in an attempt to show his role in protecting American and European interests in the Arab world in the face of Iran and its “terrorist” tools.

The battle is the Arabs’ battle, and Iran has no role in it unless its direct interests are harmed. Otherwise, do not bet on any Iranian intervention in the interest of the Arabs and the liberation of their lands occupied by the Israeli colony.