They have, of course, denounced Israel for its attack on Iran. That’s to be expected. But none of them have defended the regime in Tehran. No Arab state has offered to send a single soldier or a single weapon to the Iranians. And leaders all over the Sunni Arab world are looking on with quiet pleasure as Israel, in dismantling Iran’s nuclear program and destroying both its store of ballistic missiles and its factories to make more of them, is making the region safer for them as well.
Dalia Ziada, an Egyptian scholar who is the executive director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, and currently a Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, can be seen on YouTube discussing the Arab reaction to the Iran-Iraq war here:
If Iran is stripped of its nuclear program, and of its store of ballistic missiles, there will be great satisfaction in government and military circles in Cairo, Riyadh, and Abu Dhabi. And should the Islamic Republic collapse, and a non-Islamic regime of technocratic secularists replace it, there will be much mafficking in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
somehistory says
“Iran hit with 5.1-magnitude earthquake near Fordow nuclear site”
Felt in the capital
“A message in a public Telegram board run by an Iranian blogger claims the earthquake was caused because the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is “testing” something.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-hit-with-5-1-magnitude-earthquake-near-fordow-nuclear-site/ar-AA1H7uKR?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=71f19df8897444e1b7251c24917427b7&ei=44
John Smith says
Yes they are testing nukes Somehistory, and this is not the first time such earthquakes have happened in Iran. According to Walid Shoebat (an expert on Biblical prophecy) they will eventually obtain a nuclear bomb and will nuke Saudi Arabia. Israel is aware of this and are doing their best to stop them going any further.
Genesis 12:3 explains why all the nations of the earth will be blessed through Israel. This little tiny nation of Israel is fighting the battle for the entire world.
somehistory says
John, the “blessing” for “all of the nations” came through the Birth, Life and Death of Jesus Christ.
More blessings are to come through Jesus.
Big Dude says
They are testing the words ‘I surrender’ in Farsi.. The entire Revolutionary Guard is repeating these words, until they undertand them. Signed…. Bill Mullah
Westman says
And none of them have done anything for the Palestinians, either, but rhetoric. Let’s be honest, there is a social pecking order in the ME that is independent of “Islam”. Saudis jet off for haram adventures and nobody cares.
This Islamic “Brotherhood” is just for optics – Palestinians (Hamas) and the Khamenei Regime (not Iranian citizens) are close to the bottom. The only reason they get verbal support is the Islamic requirement not to criticise Islam publicly. But to be a fly on the wall, they are speaking “fly dinner” about other Islamic systems.
Winston 101 says
Westman,
Enjoyed your observations.
I’m almost hesitant to mention the “words” vs. “actions” reality that exists in the ME as that reality is working so well in favor of Israel and the West. As you said, “Muslim brotherhood”indeed.
Sunnis want Shias to fail. The Palis are not useful anymore, their political fashion has passed, they are junk yard dogs nobody wants in their yard.
And furthermore, just as the reality of Human Nature ate away at the boring, collectivist communist rule, my hope is the reality of Human Nature eats away at the boring Islamic rule. Islam is all No. No: music, dancing, theater, movies, figural art, fashion, mixed social life, alcohol –no fun. So when I see, as you say, “Saudi haram adventures” my heart is glad to recognize Human Nature exerting itself.
Billy says
The Sunnis are against the Shia Muslims to gain ultimate leadership of Islam’s Future Caliphate Empire while Islam’s Muslims are daily conquering Europe and the West by Islamization of Western Laws as taught in Islam’s Quran(Quran 9:5, 29, 111; 98:6-7, etc.). Muslims are joyfully dying for Allah.
Allah’s hateful Islam, a Terrorist-Criminal Enterprise and a Murderous Cult, and its Believers, Terrorists for Allah(Quran 9:41, 88; 5:35, etc.), continually fund, promote, and practice ideological subversion, propaganda, bigotry, discrimination, deceit, mass murder, supremacy, segregation, hatred, incitement to violence, genocide, and terrorism as taught in Islamic Law, Sharia, and in Islam’s Quran. Muslim actions should be legally challenged with a multi-faceted force of Western Laws like Muslims wield against Americans and Westerners via Tax Exempt Organizations, the Media and Hollywood, Foreign Funding, etc. because Islam violates and is incompatible with Western Laws(Quran 9:5,29, 111; 49:15; 60:4 etc.).
Like a Foreign Terrorist Organization(FTO) designated by the USA Secretary of State, Islam functions as a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION(MTO) fighting against Non-Muslims and NOT A PEACEFUL religion under Western Law because Islam funds, teaches, and promotes Terrorist Criminal Organizations with Muslims as Terrorists for Allah(Quran 9:5,29, 111; 49:15 etc.).
Allah’s demoniacal Islam, a hateful Antichrist Ideology, is using Western Freedoms and Laws against Non-Muslims to conquer Non-Muslims under Islamic Rule. Non-Muslims should legally designate Islam as a Muslim Terrorist Organization(MTO) where Mosques, Muslim Schools, Islamic Centers, Sharia Courts, and Muslim Organizations are banned because of their segregation and discrimination to fight back against ISLAMIZATION, Muslim subjugation, discrimination, and tyrannical violence(Quran 4:65; 9:5,29,111; 60:4; 98:6-7 and more). Sahih Bukhari 3126 says, “… the Prophet said, He who fights so that Allah’s Word(ie. Islam) should be superior, fights for Allah’s Cause.” Allah in Quran 9:111 says, “Surely Allah has purchased from the believers[Muslims] their souls and their money so that they may have the garden[Heavenly Paradise]. They engage in war for the sake of Allah[ie. Allah’s Cause), so they kill and are killed…”.
Under Islam and Islamic Law, Muslims have the Legal Right and the Quranic Duty to terrorize Non-Muslims because neglecting this QURANIC DUTY is a Crime against tyrannical Allah. Jihad means warfare against Non-Muslims to ESTABLISH ISLAM’S RELIGION(Quran 3:115, 151; 9:5, 29, 111; Muslim Law Manual: “Reliance of the Traveller”, o9.0 and more).
More specifically, Islam, a terroristic-totalitarian way of life, is a Muslim Terrorist Ideology and Murderous, Criminal Enterprise of: intolerance, continuous war, discrimination, segregation, supremacy, genocide, polygamy, propaganda, deceit, hatred, incitement, sedition, rape, terrorism, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran(Quran 2:208,216; 4:65, 89,95, 115; 5:14,64; 8:12,39,60, 74; 9:5,21,29,36, 41,49, 73,88, 111,123; 21:92; 49:15; 60:4; 61:9-11; 62:6; 89:14; etc.).
Luchtpint says
Arabs are not going to support Persians + many Arabs also hold a dim view of Turkic peoples, for historical reasons. (mainly resentment towards the Ottoman Turks for having dominated them for as long as they did) The vast majority of Iranians are Persians and Azerbaijani.
Islam is essentially Arabo-centric. A man like Erdogan, for instance, should also think twice about using Arab proxies.
gravenimage says
Not a Single Arab State Has Supported Iran with More Than Words
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Yep. Sunni Muslims hate Jews, all right, but hate Shia Muslims just about as much. And while they’d like to se Israel destroyed, I’m nit sure they’d want to give Iran “credit”.
And a nuclear armed Iran would be a big threat to them, as well.