Kuwaiti Columnist: The Gulf States' Real Enemy Is Iran; Israel Is A Friendly Country
In an article titled "A Prudent Enemy Is Better than An Imprudent One" in the Kuwaiti government daily Al-Watan,
columnist 'Abdallah Al-Hadlaq wrote that the real enemy of the Gulf
states is not Israel, whom he called "a friendly country," but rather
Iran. He argued that Iran's Rule of the Jurisprudent regime is fascist,
and that if it attains nuclear weapons it will not hesitate to use it
against the Gulf states, whereas Israel, which has possessed such
weapons for years, has never used them in its wars against the Arabs.
Al-Hadlaq even called upon the Gulf states to sever their ties with Iran
and form an alliance with Israel by strengthening their ties with it on
the political, commercial and even military levels.
This is not the first time Al-Hadlaq has expressed concern
regarding Iran and, conversely, support for Israel. In fact, his
position led him to be included on a blacklist of Arab writers who
espouse such views, published in 2009 by papers and websites that
support the resistance axis.[1] The following are excerpts from Al-Hadlaq's recent article:[2]
'Abdallah Al-Hadlaq "To all those who think the Persian state (Iran), and the regime of the Rule of the Imprudent,[3] [namely] the dictatorial fascist Persian regime which controls it, is a friendly country, whereas Israel is an enemy country, I say that a prudent enemy is better than an imprudent one. The state of Israel and its various governments have waged more than five wars with the Arabs, yet never in the course of these wars did Israel think to use its nuclear weapons against its Arab enemies. Conversely, if the Persian state, with its stupid, rash and fascist regime that hides behind a religious guise, ever develops nuclear weapons, it will not hesitate to use nuclear bombs against the Arab Gulf states in the first conflict that arises.
"Israel is a friendly state that does not endanger
us in the Arab Gulf region and we have nothing to fear from it. The one
who threatens us, carries out acts of terror and destruction against us,
and aspires to occupy us is the arrogant Persian enemy, represented by
the regime of the Persian state (Iran), which is the incubator and
supportive environment for global terror.
"Hence, I repeat my call to form a Israel-Gulf
friendship society, as a first step towards developing and strengthening
[our] ties with the friendly state of Israel in the domains of
politics, diplomacy, trade, education and military and civilian
cooperation. The rapprochement between Israel and the Gulf should be
accompanied by a gradual distancing and severance of all ties with the
Persian state (Iran) and its fascist Persian regime, now that it has
been proven beyond all doubt that the Persian Iranians are involved in
acts of terror, destruction and bombing in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen,
Kuwait and the UAE, and after it has been proven that they incite and
support the Shi'ite Houthi rebels in Yemen, and that the Shi'ite Persian
Iranian militias are involved in all the hotspots of terror and
conflict in the Arab Gulf and the Middle East, such as in Iraq, Syria
and Lebanon and throughout the world.
"I do not rule out – in fact I anticipate – that
the servants and agents of Iran in the region, who have Persian blood
running in their veins,... will accuse me of 'Zionism, collaborating
with Israel, harboring hatred for Islam and Arabism, betraying the
Palestinian cause and being hostile towards the Arab ummah.' [But now
that] the world has become a village thanks to communications
[technology], the scales have dropped from the eyes of the Arab and
Muslims peoples, and they have realized... that their only bitter
enemies are the Persian Iranians, not the friendly state of Israel..."
Endnotes:
[1] See MEMRI Inquiry & Analysis No. 635, "Concerns in Kuwait, Gulf over Iranian Threat to Gulf States," September 8, 2010;
Special Dispatch No. 5061, "Arab Columnists Criticize Firing Of Rockets From Gaza As Reckless Escapade Serving Iran, Not Palestinians," November 20, 2012; Special Dispatch No. 2319, "Arab Media Publishes Blacklist of Writers," April 27, 2009.
[2] Al-Watan (Kuwait), August 1, 2015.
[3] A play on the term "Rule of the Jurisprudent."
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