The Religious Authority Grand Ayatollah Muhammad
Hussein Fadlullah issued a statement in which he warned from turning
the coming Arab Summit into a bridge to save Israel, following its
defeat in its war against the Resistance and the political instability
it is currently witnessing. His Eminence called on Saudi Arabia to
take an explicit stand against the American – Israeli complicity
against the new Palestinian government.
He also warned that the US Administration wants to
the Summit to take part in its project of sectarianizing the political
issues and widening the rift between the Sunnis and the Shiites.
Sayyed Fadlullah said:
Although we welcome any Arab Summit which provides
an opportunity to meet and discuss their vital issues, and try to
reach a unified position to defend them, with the Palestinian issue at
their head, we feel wary whenever the date of any summit becomes
imminent. The Arab Summits have become summits of concessions that
Israel meets with disdain, and continues to ask for further
concessions.
This has been the norm since the Rabat Summit, and
Israel will continue to do so until the Arabs accept all its
conditions, which surpass the issues of the refugees and Jerusalem to
what is a lot bigger: An Arab and Muslim announcement that there is no
such thing as a Palestinian cause or a Palestinian people, and there
is no need, consequently, to talk about a sovereign Palestinian state.
Israel has always had the upper hand in all
negotiation rounds. It also gained precious time, which it used to
weaken, dislocate and kill the Palestinians, including their children,
women and old citizens. It also was proved right in its bet on the
successive Arab Summits. Therefore, it is urgently needed to say "No"
in the coming Arab Summit, and not to start asking Israel about it is
opinion on what will be discussed the Summit or even in its final
communiqué.
We are wary and anxious towards these American –
Israeli moves, and even from some Arab preparations that precede the
Summit, for we have noticed that there are American pressures to force
the Arabs to establish a comprehensive normalization with Israeli and
not on the intelligence level only as the previous meetings
coordinated, since the ultimate gaol of the American Administration is
to end the Palestinian cause under the pretence of solving it.
We warn against turning the Arab Summit into a
bridge that saves Israel from its internal crisis as a result of its
defeat by the Resistance by means of a series of concessions in which
the issues of the refugees or the withdrawal to the 1967 border will
be absent, by claiming that there will be special negotiations to
discuss these issues, although Israel is in such a state of weakness
that it cannot conduct such negotiations to force the Arab to be
committed to these concessions.
We also warn that the American Administration wants
the Arabs to help realize its project in the region that seeks to
sectarianize the political issue and create a rift between the Sunnis
and the Shiites, for this would provide a big favour to Israel and
would, of course, help execute the American project of constructive
chaos that enables the Arrogant powers to continue to usurp the
nation's wealth.
We would like the kingdom of Saudi Arabia that
sponsored the Makkah Agreement that was culminated by the Palestinian
national unity government to declare its frank opinion regarding the
American negative attitude towards the new government.
Any such position that condemns the Israeli –
American complicity against this government will have a positive
impact on the Arabs, especially in the coming summit.