It is in the Egyptian interest that the Israeli occupation army will not be on our borders with the Gaza Strip
By Galal Nassar, Egypt
In the wake of the Palestinian resistance factions’ attack on the illegal Gaza envelope settlements, the Southern Command, the bases of the Gaza Division of the occupation army, and the intelligence offices in the area adjacent to the Strip on October 7th; I wrote and published my personal vision, which does not express the official status or information from behind the scenes of politics, that “ what is happening is in the interest of the Egyptian state if the crisis is managed well in a way that does not affect Egyptian national security and the vital goals and interests of the Egyptian state… and Egypt emerges from it strong, regaining its leadership and axial role” …
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Whoever analyzes politics and events and claims to have a strategic vision realizes that this analysis and planning is subject to the utmost degree of pragmatism and is governed by the higher interest, with clear arrangement of hostilities and threats. Exhausting the strategic, main and direct enemy from a force that is less hostile and less threatening to us is in the interest of the Egyptian state.
We must not forget, in the midst of Zionist propaganda abroad and at home, that Gaza is an integral part of the future Palestinian State
The collapse of the Israeli security system of deterrence is in the interest of neighboring regional countries and exposes their faults and weaknesses. The events of October 7 and its aftermath broke the state of siege that some forces had imposed on the Egyptian political system in parallel with the simultaneous stream of economic reports on the conditions of the Egyptian economy at that time to further plot this siege.
Hostile statements and insinuations were hovering around us and above us – and everyone was feeling them – not with the aim of supporting and protecting Egypt to overcome its problems and challenges as much as they were attempts to blackmail and make deals at a time of faltering and spreading chaos and entering a cycle of instability, chaos and emptiness for years to come…
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It is in the Egyptian interest that the Israeli occupation army will not be on our borders with the Gaza Strip. If the case is not settled; that there are no non-Palestinian parties controlling the sector; whether you agree or disagree, there is no alternative to Hamas at the present time – I repeat at the present time – within the sector where extremist ideas have spread and a percentage exceeding 10% of the population adopts the ISIS ideology.
Perhaps Hamas, with all its religious extremism, which we disagree with and have suffered from, is the least dangerous faction within the Gaza Strip. And that the understandings that were reached between the Egyptian side and Hamas are sufficient to guarantee security and stability on both sides of the border with the Gaza Strip now and in the interim… and that the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas, cannot control the West Bank and has lost the unity and continuity of the lands within the West Bank and has accepted its division, the expansion of settlements, the brutality of the settlers, and eliminated any kind of resistance will not be able to rule or control the Gaza Strip.
The proposal that we must insist on is to stop the fighting and reach a conditional and permanent truce
Then, chaos will be the existing and threatening scenario for us, while all the suggestions and proposals about United Nations forces, Arab forces, or a coalition of forces similar to what was done in what was called the fight against ISIS will not be able to control on the Gaza Strip and will not serve the Egyptian interest…
The proposal that we must insist on is to stop the fighting and reach a conditional and permanent truce in parallel with the transition to the political axis, putting the two-state solution on the table again, and activating the United Nations and Security Council resolutions with a Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967, which includes the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Jerusalem…
We must not forget, in the midst of Zionist propaganda abroad and at home, that Gaza is an integral part of the future Palestinian State…
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The Scenario of Gaza Strip’s Population Displacement is ongoing and it is not an illusion, as some Egyptian media figures are trying to say, it is not real, and we are contributing to spreading lies in an attempt to hypnotize and discourage people to pass what should not be passed, just to prove that we are stupid and foolish, and that they alone have a monopoly on the truth and the concept of understanding, and that we carry the torches of enlightenment, and that we are extremists who support falsehood in the battle to liberate Palestine.
I cross my mind that they are warning the authorities against the idea of sympathy and mobilization that could be used in other internal files, especially since recruitment for political Islam movements is active in such circumstances in parallel with the promotion of official and popular Arab disappointment…
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What is more correct is natural human solidarity and a duty that does not give an opportunity for bidding and recruitment and is blocked. Gaps in the way of trying to ignite nations from within…
But what does it do in a group that wants to monopolize the goods and the official power of attorney in the battle to fight extremism, terrorism and political Islam? This will not be achieved except by convincing the authority, belittling its ear, and portraying us as the villains of the game: What a cheap business!
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Unless the armed Palestinian resistance wins its battle on the ground and succeeds in defeating the Israeli, American and British forces on the ground of the Gaza Strip, the chances of pushing the residents of the Strip towards the southern border with Egypt and imposing a scenario of stampede towards the Rafah crossing, storming the border, and rough dealing with those fleeing the hell of bombing, hunger and siege will increase. …
Therefore, supporting the resistance in every way and supporting the Gaza Strip residents’ adherence to their land is a matter of national security, achieves the Egyptian interest, and reduces the chances of expanding the war regionally…
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The media and press discourse portrays the matter as if anyone who supports the steadfastness of the Palestinian people, denounces military operations, and provokes Israeli attacks, intentionally or unintentionally, wants war, inflames the situation, and wants to involve Egypt, its army, and its people in a conflict outside the borders.
Portraying the matter as if the alternative to the current situation is war and as if tens and hundreds of peaceful alternatives, positions, decisions and policies have been exhausted; They ignorantly deepen the distance between official and popular positions, especially since those who play this role have been described as the pillar of the media tent, and they express positions accurately and in coordination and are subject to complete control…
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Once again, to prevent bidding… all the elements and tools of the political Islam movement represent an imminent danger to the peoples and countries of the region, most notably the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood…
Israel, Iran, Turkey and Ethiopia represent an imminent danger to the Arab countries, their peoples and their systems, and every country within the Arab system arranges these dangers and hostilities and threats are in accordance with their concept of national security and their own current and future interests, and the vision and direction of countries should not be an area for jousting, outbidding, and distributing accusations among peoples at a time when we need to unite…
The position on the resistance that directs its weapons to the occupier of Arab lands must be supportive and consistent by containing it and ensuring the independence of its decisions so that they do not serve the agendas and interests of countries that threaten Arab national security…
We will continue chatting later… and don’t give up your brains because it is the most precious thing you have…
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Galal Nassar is former editor-in-chief, Al Ahram Weekly, International relations and global media expert, Facebook writer based in Cairo
(Received on November 9, 2023)
