Are Arabs, a Profoundly Defeated and Conquered People?
The Palestinian massacre on my mind..
Israel is currently waging a war on the children of Gaza.
Scratch that.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is intent on killing every woman and child and the west has backed him to ensure that this happens.
Cue international outrage.
Thousands of people in London, Washington, Jakarta, have marched to demand an end to the genocide which is unfolding right before our very eyes.
But the leadership of the Arab world has been quite silent.
From the likes of Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, which hate being associated with Africa and would rather attach themselves to the middle-east to the likes of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Oman, Lebanon, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates, there is no desire to speak and stand up for the Palestinians who are being ethnically cleansed.
And it is worth pointing out that it hasn’t always been like this.
In the 1950s, when anti-colonial movements were at their zenith, Colonel Nasser led the entire region into standing up against their former masters.
His efforts in nationalizing the Suez Canal won him fans across the region and the…