On the stage of betrayal, Joseph was slaughtered and Gaza was drowned in the blood of martyrs.

Dr. Khader Al-Marshadi

President of the World Institute for Arab Renewal - Iraq

In a land called Palestine, where shells fall from the sky and houses collapse like burning autumn leaves, a people stands alone under the shadow of death. Gaza, that wounded city struggling in a sea of rubble, is no longer just a city, but a tragic painting drawn in blood, its chapters written with the groans of children and the tears of mothers. The Israeli war that broke out in October 2023 and was renewed in March 2025 after the collapse of a flimsy truce, is not just a settling of military scores, but rather a chapter in a sad epic, in which echoes of betrayal and failure reverberate, and its melodies are played on the strings of broken hearts.

Imagine a dying city, its houses collapsing like fragile dreams, its children dying under bombs with no Arab hand to rescue them... Oh, the eternal shame... In Gaza, where the number of martyrs has exceeded 62,000, and the wounded bleed in streets that have turned into open graves, people run without shelter, screaming with no one to answer, hospitals have become ruins, hunger is ravaging the remaining souls exhausted by the siege, and those who remain of the home do not know how to bury their dead... But the deepest pain is not in the bombs alone, but in the knife stabbed in their backs by their Arab brothers, who abandoned them like a corpse left in the desert to the winds and crows. Is this the philosophy of abandonment? That man is responsible for his choices, but what about a nation that chose silence while it watched its brothers being slaughtered? The Arab world, once a resounding voice for Palestine, is now like a silent chorus in a tragic play, watching the blood flow without moving a finger. Countries that once raised slogans of unity have preferred their narrow interests, leaving Gaza to face its fate alone, like a child thrown into a well. This abandonment is not just political inaction, but rather a moral and existential collapse, bringing us back to the eternal question: Has humanity died in our hearts? The answer is echoed in the silence of the Arab summits, and in their empty statements that neither feed the hungry nor stop a bomb... after Joseph was slaughtered in the well of betrayal.

Iraq, the Joseph of this nation, that beautiful brother who bore the burden of Palestine as a father would a sick son, in its days of glory, was a voice resounding with support, preparing fighters and generous support, and igniting enthusiasm in hearts. But, as in the story of the Prophet Joseph, a day came when his brothers threw him into the well, the well of wars, chaos, occupation, executions, and uprooting. Iraq was weakened, left to bleed from its wounds. Then came the fatal blow: Arab normalization with Israel and the silence over the destruction of Gaza. It was as if Joseph had been executed twice—once by occupation, execution, uprooting, and fragmentation, and once by the betrayal of his brothers. Today, Iraq lies like a torn corpse in a theater of betrayal, looking at Gaza with tearful eyes, unable to extend a hand it once extended. We see Iraq as a tragic hero who fell under the weight of Arab conspiracies and betrayal. Its voice, which once sang for Palestine, has faded, becoming a sad anthem echoing in the ruined alleys of Baghdad, while Gaza is slaughtered before the eyes of the nation whose voice it once held.

Amid the Arab failure, another deception emerges that compounds the tragedy: the Iranian role shrouded in false promises. Iran, which raised the banner of "supporting the resistance," was never a resistance fighter; it was merely a player in a cold political theater, using the blood of the Palestinians as a card to strengthen its influence, just as it used the Lebanese, Syrians, Iraqis, and Yemenis. Hamas, with the power of Iranian weapons and funding, became embroiled in a battle for which it (knowingly or not, I don't know) it would pay a heavy price. But Iranian promises of "great victory" evaporated like smoke in the sky of burning Gaza. No Iranian armies came to the rescue, and no Iranian missiles changed the course of the war. All Iran offered were hollow, false words and plans that ensnared Hamas in a deeper trap, leaving the people of Gaza to face death alone.

This lie is not just a political betrayal; it is a stab in the heart of a people who have put their faith in false friends. Iran, like a cunning theatrical artist, ignited the fire and then stood back, watching the conflagration consume lives, destroy countries, and sow frustration in souls, all the while chanting its empty slogans like a mocking anthem over the corpses.

Behind this Israeli crime, the Arabs' betrayal, and Iran's lies a single desire: to erase the Palestinian existence. The continuous bombing, the destruction of hospitals and schools, and the siege that starves children are all tools to break the will of a people who refuse to forget and refuse to be erased from the memory of history. Every bomb dropped generates more steadfastness, and every child who dies becomes a symbol of an undying resistance. Israel knows this, but it persists in its madness, as if it is searching for victory, security, and peace that it will never find.

We are all silently wondering what the fate of this tragedy will be. Will Gaza be erased from existence, or will it remain a witness to the world's shame? In the near future, the destruction seems to continue. Israel has announced an escalation of its attacks with the aim of emptying Gaza through killing and displacement, in fulfillment of Trump's promise, while the Arabs watch and Iran plays from afar. But history teaches us that peoples are not defeated by weapons alone. Cities may be destroyed, but the Palestinian spirit will continue to beat, like a flower emerging from the ashes. Unless the global conscience awakens, it will be an eternal war, a cycle of blood and betrayal. However, the only hope, distant and unfortunately invisible, lies in a genuine Arab popular uprising that ends the silence, restores Iraq to its role as Yusuf al-Nassir, exposes Iran's lies, and forces Israel to stop the killing. Without that, Gaza will continue to bleed, and the nation will forever bear the burden of its betrayal.

In Gaza, where innocents are being slaughtered without mercy, a sad voice echoes: a mother mourning her child, a father bidding farewell to his son, and a people crying out for their brothers who have abandoned them. Palestine is not a political issue, Arabs. Rather, it is a mirror of a dead conscience and a sad anthem for a nation that has lost its identity. Will this story end with the salvation of an innocent people or with eternal burial under the rubble?

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Behind this Israeli criminality, the Arabs' betrayal, and Iran's lies a single desire: to erase the Palestinian existence. The continuous bombing, the destruction of hospitals and schools, and the siege that starves children are all tools to break the will of a people who refuse to forget and refuse to be erased from the memory of history.