Arab, Muslim regimes accomplice in Gaza genocide
Italian dockworkers block Saudi ship carrying weapons for Israel
World Socialist Web Site: On August 7, dockworkers in Genoa mounted a determined blockade against the transit of the Saudi ship Bahri Yanbu, in a direct challenge to Italy’s role in arming Israel and its imperialist allies. The ship, arriving from Baltimore, Maryland in the United States, was scheduled to load military equipment produced by the Italian arms conglomerate Leonardo, including an Oto Melara cannon bound for Abu Dhabi and possibly tanks or other heavy weapons already staged in the terminal yard. Read More
Egypt signs record $35bn gas deal with Israel
Middle East Eye: Egypt has signed a record $35bn gas deal with Israel, almost tripling its gas imports from the Israeli Leviathan gas fields and marking the largest export deal in Israel’s history. The deal, which was announced on Thursday by Israeli energy company NewMed, will see 130 billion cubic metres (bcm) worth of gas piped from the Leviathan offshore field to Egypt through to 2040. Read More
Arab, Muslim leaders complicit in the genocide of Gaza’s children – Abu Obeida
Crescent International: Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Izz al-Din al-Qassam Martyr Brigades has condemned the silence and inaction of Arab and Muslim leaders over the ongoing genocide in Gaza. He said the submissive Arab and Islamic regimes, forces, and major parties, some of which, alas, have become facades of injustice and sedatives for the people and their free youth. Their credibility and grand slogans now stand exposed in light of their betrayal and their failure to support the purest and most sacred cause of the Arabs and Muslims. Read More
Egypt presidency forced Al-Azhar to delete statement condemning Israel's starvation of Gaza
Middle East Eye: Sources close to Al-Azhar and the presidency confirm statement by Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, was removed because it denounced states' complicity in 'Israel's fully fledged genocide.' The statement 'Anyone who supplies this entity with weapons, or who emboldens it through complicit resolutions or hypocritical words, is a partner in this act of genocide.' Read More
Al-Azhar's reversal on Gaza exposes a deeper moral crisis in the Muslim world
Middle East Eye: The Egyptian grand sheikh's retraction under state pressure dashed hopes for moral clarity amid genocide, revealing how Muslim religious authorities remain gripped by fear, silence. Nearly two years into a livestreamed genocide, unprecedented in its visibility and impunity, there has still been no meaningful action by world leaders to halt it. Read More
Arab Complicity in Israel’s Genocide
By Ramzy Baroud: Explaining Arab political failure to challenge Israel through traditional analysis — such as disunity, general weakness and a failure to prioritize Palestine — does not capture the full picture. The idea that Israel is brutalizing Palestinians simply because the Arabs are too weak to challenge the Benjamin Netanyahu government — or any government — implies that, in theory, Arab regimes could unite around Palestine. However, this view oversimplifies the matter. Many well-meaning, pro-Palestine commentators have long urged Arab nations toļ¾ unite, pressure Washington to reassess its unwavering support for Israel and take decisive actions to lift the siege on Gaza, among other crucial steps. Read More
The Deafening Silence: Arab Complicity and the Normalization of Evil in Gaza
By JAMAL KANJ: The world is witnessing an unconscionable silence as Israel, an occupying power, imposes a total food blockade on Gaza—an act of collective punishment against a captive civilian population. As famine tightens its grip and American-made bombs rain from the sky, global leaders stand by—paralyzed, indifferent, or willfully complicit—while Israel renders Gaza uninhabitable. Read More
Arab regimes collude with Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing of Gaza
By Jean Shaoul: As Israel’s fascist government prepares to launch a massive ground invasion to take over Rafah city, discussions are now under way about setting up 15 campsites—each with around 25,000 tents—across the southwestern part of the Gaza Strip, to house the million-plus Palestinians that have taken refuge in the city. These tent cities are to be funded by the United States and Arab despots and operated by the butcher of Cairo, Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Egypt and other Arab regimes are in effect providing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the ability to claim he has assured the “safe passage” he said he would provide so that the planned ground invasion could take place. That such proposals could even be discussed with the Arab regimes confirms that their collusion with Israel’s genocidal offensive against Gaza, from day one, has now become direct participation in its ethnic cleansing through a second Nakba. Read More
Riyadh Summit on Israeli Genocide in Gaza: Arab despots’ betrayal and political bankruptcy
By Latheef Farook:After over a year of relentless bombing, with Israel dropping more than 85,000 tons of explosives on Gaza, killing an estimated 200,000 Palestinians—70% of them women and children—and turning the enclave into a graveyard, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman convened an Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh on November 11, 2024. The summit, ostensibly to address Israel’s genocide in Gaza and Lebanon, brought together despots from the Arab world and elected leaders from other Islamic nations. Yet, the glaring irony of this meeting was evident: many of these Arab nations, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and the UAE, had facilitated Israel’s butchery of Palestinians by turning a blind eye or providing tacit support. Read More
