Will the Arab street erupt in protest if the United States vetoes recognition of a Palestinian State in the U.N. Security Council, as President Obama has promised to do? According to columnist Osama al-Farra of Al-Hayat Al-Jadidah in the Palestinian Territories, unless Arabs rise up to defend Palestinians and their own dignity, there will be nothing left to do but await the next U.S. insult.
For Al-Hayat Al-Jadidah of the Palestinian Territories, Osama al-Farra writes in part:
The U.S. administration hasn’t for a single day held a neutral position on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Even when it didn’t agree with Israel’s policies, it has always adopted the Israeli position and defended it desperately. Not even on the basis of mutual interests has it approached the Arab position, invariably adhering to the positions adopted by Israel.
We have long believed that Arab leaders are “remote-controlled” from inside the White House, that oftentimes Arab rulers are tools in the hands of one if its’ junior employees, and that as long they controlled us, we would fail. This obsession with American control continues to live on among the Arab peoples, who continue to go along with and not confront it. It is enough to note here that those who rode the wave of the Arab popular movements are those who were accepted by the White House.
With the passing of a “veto” that takes no account of our reaction, America’s hostile behavior toward us has reached the point of insolence. It is as if Newton’s law doesn’t operate in the Arab region. Will America’s “veto,” delivered with its usual ease and arrogance, be enough to provoke whatever Arab dignity is left? Is it possible that America’s veto will trigger demonstrations by millions against its embassies in Arab countries? Will the American veto pass without resistance? If so, there is nothing left for us but to await the next new American arrogance.
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