Gaza genocide: How Arab regimes became the enemy within

Gaza has shattered the illusion of credibility in the Arab political order, exposing its deep structural and moral bankruptcy. No amount of wealth, foreign alliances or internal repression can offer true stability to Saudi Arabia or its counterparts while Palestinians are being besieged and murdered.

There is no moral or political rationale for partnering with Zionism. Gaza’s genocide has laid bare its essence as a bankrupt ideology built on dispossession and terror. To believe that Palestine can be crushed, or that Zionism can survive unscathed after all this savagery, is a ridiculous fantasy.

Do the Arab regimes that once facilitated the forced expulsion of Palestinian fighters from Beirut grasp that dismantling Gaza’s last line of defence could clear the path for a slaughter much worse than Sabra and Shatila? And if that horror unfolds, will they bear the burden of what they helped unleash?

History has shown that supporting the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people is the only path forward. Betraying those aspirations erodes the legitimacy of ruling elites. For more than 19 months, the relentless images of suffering from Gaza have etched themselves into the world’s collective memory. People are watching. They will not forget.