The Arab Summit...and the dispersal of the Palestinians

The Sykes-Picot Agreement is no longer just a historical narrative. It has returned today with a new name: "Trump-Netanyahu." The new Middle East has witnessed radical transformations since October 7, with new equations emerging and imposing themselves on the political landscape.

Unfortunately, today there is no unified Arab nation, nor a unified Arab opinion. Differences are always the master of the situation, even among the Palestinians themselves, who are the first victims and the first line of defense for the Palestinian cause, and who are obligated to defend Palestine, not by choice. The Palestinian cause has declined significantly in recent years, to the point that it is no longer a priority for the Arabs. Every Arab country has withdrawn into itself and is drowning in its own political and economic crises, trying to survive amidst security threats and stifling internal conditions.

Arab peoples live amidst poverty and oppression, under dictatorial regimes based on coercion, censorship, and prisons. Freedoms are crushed, unemployment is on the rise, social concepts are collapsing, and religious norms are being fought against amidst a fractured social reality.

The Arab world continues to groan under the weight of religious superstitions, myths, and delusions, far removed from painful reality. Repressive laws prevail, and Arab societies are immersed in consumerism without producing or contributing effectively to modern civilization. The irony is that these peoples, despite their rejection of change in their societies, dream of emigrating to the West in search of freedom and rights.

Given this shameful reality for the Arabs, the decisions of the Arab Summit, which was attended by five Arab heads of state and absent from 17 Arab heads of state, regarding Gaza will be ineffective or even useless. Trump and Netanyahu may read them out of curiosity, nothing more, but they will have no impact on the course of events and will not be taken into consideration. Trump has previously rejected the Arab plan for Gaza, insisting on displacing its residents and stating that the plan does not address the reality of the Strip's uninhabitable status. The White House National Security Council spokesman commented on the final statement of the previous emergency Arab Summit held in Cairo, which approved a plan for the management and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, stating that Trump rejected this plan.

The White House spokesman said: "The Gaza reconstruction plan adopted by the Arab countries does not address the fact that the Strip is uninhabitable." He said: "The people of Gaza cannot live humanely in an area covered in rubble and unexploded ordnance." This means that Trump is still determined to displace Palestinians from Gaza, which means that his plan will continue as it is, without change, as if nothing has happened. The Middle East is changing, international power centers are drawing new lines, and the Arabs are not influential in the new equation.

The absence of Saudi Arabia from the Arab Summit, along with most of the leaders of the Gulf states, which is currently the main player in the Middle East, confirms that the decisions of the Arab Summit will have no impact.

What is happening today confirms that the Saudi presence in the political arena is no coincidence, but rather part of the "America-Israel-Saudi Arabia" axis, supported by Arab money represented by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar. Other countries may join this alliance in turn, cementing a new reality in which they seek to position Israel as the leader of the Middle East, while America extends its direct influence throughout the region, particularly in Gaza.

For the first time, it appears that America will become a direct colonial power in the region, and Palestine is the epitome of this colonialism. Therefore, the absence of some countries from this power is part of the protection, so that they will not be partners in the future in eliminating the Palestinian cause and the Palestinians.

As for Egypt and Jordan, they may be forced to accept the new "Trump-Netanyahu" Middle East plan due to their dire economic conditions. Anyone who rejects the new plan will face political and economic pressure, possibly even military action. Egypt and Jordan are well aware of this, and may therefore accommodate American and Israeli demands without any attempt to resist.

Moreover, any other Arab initiatives will be nothing more than papers in the archives of history, because the Arabs, unfortunately, are no longer part of the regional or international power equation. Many of their regimes exist only because they implement the American and Israeli agendas, and any attempt at rebellion will lead to their collapse and the fragmentation of their already weak societies.

Although Gaza is part of the Palestinian fabric, they now want to strip it of its Palestinian identity and turn it into the "51st American state." This does not mean the absence of American influence over the West Bank; rather, it will be institutional, not sovereign. The West Bank is now known globally as "Judea and Samaria," and Israel will expand at the expense of historic Palestine, but without Gaza, which will become a separate entity under direct American control.

What is happening today is not simply a Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but rather a reshaping of the new Middle East according to a new equation, in which Israel is the preeminent regional power, America is the direct player, and the Arab states adapt to this reality.

As for the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, the Zionist entity does not want the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt or Jordan to be a final or permanent solution. Rather, it considers them merely temporary transit stations, and the ultimate goal is to disperse the Palestinians and later disperse them across various countries of the world, while granting them the nationalities of these countries so that they become "citizens, not refugees," thus permanently severing their connection to their homeland, Palestine.

What is happening in Gaza in terms of genocide and displacement is a repetition of the Armenian genocide and displacement model carried out by Turkey more than 100 years ago, where the Armenians were dispersed throughout the world and became citizens of the countries in which they settled, while they lost their actual connection to their original homeland and their homeland was completely eliminated, and this is what they want for Palestine.

Israel doesn't just target land, it also targets thought. The Israeli goal isn't limited to displacing Palestinians from Gaza geographically, but also includes fragmenting their minds across the world. Israel doesn't just want to get rid of the Palestinian presence on Palestinian soil, but also of the Palestinian mindset that is hostile to the Jewish presence on historic Palestine and that fosters a desire for resistance or revenge. Israel has come to realize that Palestine is not large enough for two peoples: the Palestinian and the Israeli. Therefore, it has decided to disperse them and spread them across the world. By dispersing Palestinians across various countries, including the United States and Europe, Israel seeks to neutralize future generations and weaken any nationalist tendencies that might threaten it in the future.

The Israeli plan is not merely about removing the Palestinians from Gaza, but rather about re-engineering their demographic and intellectual makeup on a global level, such that they become dispersed peoples who lack any collective power to regain their rights, most notably the "right of return for refugees" and the right to return to historic Palestine.