The Arab Summit is an expression of the transformations of the new Arab system

The Arab world is really changing

Thanks to all the Arab brothers who rejected displacement, bypassing the two-state solution, and separating the geography and demographics of the Palestinian people despite the overt and covert threats. Thanks to the brothers in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and the Emirates who are related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by virtue of geography, interest, and harm. They have also changed. If the occupying Israeli is talking about a new Middle East, these countries have also changed. They have changed in their positions, procedures, and orientations. Saudi Arabia in particular occupies an international position that it seized against everyone’s will, by virtue of the decision, flexibility of movement, and opening doors to everyone. Saudi Arabia has become a decision-maker, locally and internationally. Thanks to our sister Egypt, which also rejected the temptation of money, distortion of positions, and attempts at intimidation. It said no to displacement with a loud voice, and said no to giving up the two-state solution. Thanks to our sister Jordan for its strong positions despite the harshness of life, the weakness of the economy, and the many surrounding dangers. Thanks to the Emirates, which provided as much as it could through “The Noble Knight 3” and as much as is hoped to do in reconstruction and mediation. The Arab system is no longer as it was. It has changed because of… The nature of the transformations, it has become more capable and bolder, it has become more powerful in expressing its interests, and we have seen and touched this change in the weaving of new relationships and multiple political measures and confident and wise decisions of the nature of the fronts and global alliances, the Arab system is now going through a real process of change, and it is a real process that may result in a completely new reality.

The upcoming Arab summit is an exceptional summit par excellence, because for the first time, it will not try to hide behind the idea of mediation, moderation, containment, neutrality, waiting, procrastination, or throwing problems into the lap of the international community. This time, the Arab League cannot postpone its problems forward, ignore them, or hide behind general, vague, and diplomatic words. It cannot call on other powers to save it from its crises, nor can it evade the obligations of this difficult historical moment. I say this because this time, what is required is the head of Arab moderation, and what is meant by targeting and threatening is Arab national security and all national interests without exception. This time, the threat affects everyone, and it is a threat that affects the political structure, demographic composition, wealth, and corridors, and even the future itself. What is now presented to the Arab League, according to the American and Israeli demand together, is a new Middle East, an East in which Israel is sovereign, controlling, commanding, and capable of determining policies and decisions and forming borders or redrawing them again.

The new Middle East that is being talked about by Israel is a submissive and submissive Middle East that not only accepts Israel, but also serves it, rewards it, and relieves it of its responsibilities as an occupying party. Not only that, but the Arab regime also punishes the victim, blames it, besieges it, disarms it, and does not recognize its national ambitions. It also accepts the elimination of the Palestinian state and the Palestinian people through disarmament, separation of geographical blocs, and annexation and displacement operations. There is nothing more insulting than this to everything: national dignity, history, and culture.

These aggressive Israeli ambitions and aspirations came at the wrong time, as the Arab leaderships and their peoples have become closer, and even united in one line, in order to defend the interests of the nation. We also now have an Arab leadership that we can count on - not only to protect Arab national security - but it has the ability, capabilities and wealth that enables it to be a force that creates events and international stability and peace. What happened in Riyadh and the meeting between the United States and the Russian Federation is an important indicator of the ability of our leaderships to participate effectively in shaping a new world.

Therefore, the Arab summit will be able to defend its moderation, its interests, its image, its peoples, its borders and its wealth before defending the Palestinian people and their state. This time, the official Arab regime will not use the same old methods that it adopted before October 7, 2023, while the Israeli right has declared its goals in a blatant and unprecedentedly impudent manner, with clear and direct American support. This means that the official Arab regime has become the target and is required to achieve and satisfy the desires of the Israeli right and American colonial tendencies. This will not happen after the absence of some forces that were considered part of the axis of resistance. The Arab regime has become the target and is the one that must pay the bill for this absence or this defeat. It seems that this feeling of threat and targeting constituted a real shock to the Arab regimes and peoples alike. As Henry Kissinger said, it is wrong to be an enemy of the United States, but it is very dangerous to be a friend of it, as the United States of America eats its friends, destroys its allies and abandons them very simply. We have seen this in many cases, the most recent of which was the scandalous television scene in the White House between Trump And Zelensky.

Therefore, the Arab Summit is invited, and it is able to respond and confront, far from the policies of understanding, waiting, or containment. The Arab Summit is strongly invited to rely on the positions of its members, and to exploit the strengths, potential for influence, and capabilities that the official Arab system possesses. Human, economic, and geopolitical capabilities. Our nation possesses the capabilities that make it one of the effective international powers.

There are many of them before reconsidering the nature of relations with the occupying state, so that the relationship with the occupation does not constitute a tool of pressure on the Palestinians, or give the occupation the opportunity to evade implementing the agreements it signed, and exploit the rare popular consensus and its rallying around the positions of the official Arab regime, and we are all confident in our Arab leadership to support the PLO in extending its legal jurisdiction over the lands of the Palestinian region.

Defending the Palestinian people, their existence and their state, is an integral part of all Arab security, because the Israeli occupation has not and will not be satisfied with occupying Palestine alone. Today, it occupies parts of countries, threatens other parts, and asks third parts to establish relations with it for free. Defending the Palestinian cause now is defending all Arab capitals and Arab wealth as well. That is why defending Palestine and the Palestinians is an integral part of comprehensive Arab security, and the Arab summit being held in the land of Egypt is the best evidence of that.

I believe that the Arab system has failed to defend the Palestinian people, and we see the opposite of this. In fact, there is a clear and courageous official position in this difficult and harsh phase, on the one hand, and on the other hand, closely linked to it, the firm and bold positions that we believe the summit will take are the Palestinian position itself, as the Palestinian people, their leadership and factions appreciate these Arab positions, which make the Palestinians more hopeful for the future. Here, I would like to emphasize that the Palestinian leadership, on which our Palestinian people depend, headed by our brother Abu Mazen, looks with respect and appreciation at all the reforms requested by the Arab brothers who support Palestinian legitimacy in the authority, positively, because these are also the demands of the Palestinian people and a Palestinian national interest.

The success of the Arab Summit in Cairo on 04-03-2025 will protect the idea of the Palestinian state, protect the Palestine Liberation Organization from being erased, preserve the head of Palestinian legitimacy, and protect our people from displacement. The Palestinian people now realize the necessity of the Arab umbrella for survival and passing through the bottleneck that the Israeli occupation has pushed us into. It must be acknowledged that we have not yet been able to confront the occupation, break it, or prevent it from achieving its military, security, and political goals. Therefore, the unified Palestinian position, harmony with the Arab position, and the legitimate Palestinian leadership’s participation in its vision with the Arab brothers will constitute sufficient protection for the Palestinian present and future.

It is now necessary for there to be a Palestinian position that supports and helps the new Arab movement with new perceptions and new motives for this regime. We are all targeted, we are all threatened, and for this reason, there must be harmony in positions and no conflict or contradiction. We need a broad Arab umbrella that does not compromise on the constants, does not compromise on the red lines, and does not give up on the principles of Arab national security and national and patriotic interests in a way that guarantees the existence of the Palestinian people and guarantees their rights as well. This requires the brothers in Hamas in particular to read the reality well and realize the nature of the challenges and dangers, and to cooperate with President Abu Mazen, who offers a dignified way out and a realistic solution to those interests. The brothers in the Hamas movement must also not create a breach in the Arab wall - which has begun to form in the face of displacement projects, because history is unforgiving and our people have shown what they have in terms of steadfastness and patience, and Hamas must not deprive this great people of the opportunity for a warrior’s rest.

The danger now is greater than the bickering and greater than the immediate gains, and the homeland, as is known, is greater than all the parties. If we present to our Arab brothers a unified Palestinian position, this will help them formulate a political, security and economic position that is capable of convincing, possible to implement and difficult to bypass. The Arab position that will be expressed at the summit that will be held in two days is more than a political position, it is an existential position. Either we exist as a nation or we do not exist. We must acknowledge that this summit is being held while the Arab leaderships are more aware, and they are qualified to be part of creating the new world, and this hope is achievable, so we see that this summit is a true expression of transformations in the Arab system and the summit will succeed.