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Israel seems to exist in two parallel, contradictory worlds. One is
a false, hackneyed, out-of-date, and threatening universe where recalcitrant
and violent Palestinian leaders are venerated, and admirable Israeli leaders
are criminalized. The other universe is real, promising, forward looking, and
stabilizing, and is marked by a peace dynamic that runs from Jerusalem to
Dubai, Manama, Rabat, Cairo and Amman; and from Jerusalem to the most important
leaders in the world. Consider the
following very recent happenings.
GENEVA and NEW YORK: A new UN Human
Rights Council (HRC) report this week accused Israel of apartheid, just in time
for the annual debate on “Agenda Item 7,” the permanent council item reserved
for Israeli “human rights abuses” against Palestinians and other Arabs.
“The political system of entrenched rule in the occupied
Palestinian territory which endows one racial-national-ethnic group with
substantial rights, benefits and privileges while intentionally subjecting
another group to live behind walls, checkpoints and under a permanent military
rule… satisfies the prevailing evidentiary standard for the existence of
apartheid,” said the ugly report. The
report was the latest in a litany of one-sided, baseless reports, vilifying
Israel and engaging in a full-scale lawfare assault on Israel’s very existence
as a Jewish state.
Saleh Higazi, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa
at Amnesty International praised the HRC report as “an important and timely
addition to the growing international consensus that Israeli authorities are
committing apartheid against the Palestinian people.” In February, Amnesty
International released its own tendentious report accusing Israel of apartheid.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett conducted two days of discussions this week to solidify their new regional alliance for peace and security. They discussed energy, market stability, and food security, as well as development of a regional radar security umbrella against Iran.
The Crown Prince also unfroze $10 billion in investments in Israeli
companies that he promised former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The UAE’s
large sovereign funds will divide the investments between them. The first fund
to enter the Israeli market is the ADG (Abu Dhabi Growth) Fund, which plans on
investing $200 million in 2022 in Israeli companies, and a similar sum each
year over 10 years.
Also this week, Sheikh Mansoor Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
visited Israel’s national pavilion at the GISEC Global cybersecurity fair in
Dubai; an Emirati think tank published book on Zionism written by Tel Aviv
University researchers; the UAE-based retail giant Lula began talks on
operation in Israel; Morocco signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for a joint research and engineering center;
and the Israeli navy took part in another joint Red Sea naval drill with the
US, UAE, and Bahrain, under auspices of the US Fifth Fleet (which is
headquartered in Bahrain).
UNFORTUNATELY, Israel seems to exist in two parallel, contradictory
worlds.
One universe, dominated by so-called Western “progressives” in
cahoots with Arab/Islamic radicals, disses rather than embraces the Abraham
Accords and is stuck in a time warp where Israel is an evil actor.. It is a
tragic, forlorn universe.
The other universe – real, promising, forward looking, and
stabilizing! – is marked by a peace dynamic. The discourse about Israel in
corrupt international institutions and in some aspersive Western campuses and
capitals couldn’t be more different than the discourse in Arab capitals and
other calm and considered decision-making centers. It’s confrontation versus
cooperation, demonization versus solidarity.
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