Demonstrations erupted throughout the Arab world, instigated by Nasserist organizations, rejecting the proposal. Today, because of the recklessness of Hamas and other factions, the Arabs are pleading for aid to enter the Gaza Strip. Yahya Sinwar, along with the commanders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, sought revenge on the Israeli jailer on October 7, rather than aiming to achieve better terms through negotiations. At the same time, throughout their 18-year rule of Gaza, they presented themselves as new investors. They found a new patron in the so-called “Islamic Revolution,” whose leaders once boasted of controlling four Arab capitals. This patron used this slogan to achieve their own goals. Once Iran realized that the folly of the “Al- Aqsa Flood” would cause it huge damage, it abandoned Hamas through the voice of its highest authority, believing this would absolve it of any consequences. The same pattern was repeated with Hezbollah, the Iraqi sectarian militias, and later with the defunct Syrian regime. It reminds us of what Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Abu Ubaidah when he sent him to those people: “You are heading towards a land of deceit, trickery, and betrayal. You will encounter people who have dared to do evil, learned how to commit it, and forgotten goodness, while those people remained distant from it. So, make your own mind.”

After all this history, the time has come for Arabs, particularly Palestinians, to make the current protests in Gaza a moment of reckoning, not only for the leaders of Hamas but for anyone trafficking in their cause. The time has come for Arabs to close their doors to the extremists who raise the slogan of “liberating Palestine from the sea to the river.” They have destroyed everyone, yet have not even liberated their own homes. They are experts at achieving Israel’s goals. Recently, they succeeded in furthering Israel’s objective of destroying the two-state solution. May God help the people of Gaza through their catastrophe under Hamas rule, which has destroyed both stone and soul, and turned the Eid of the people of Gaza into a time of tears, wailing, and hunger. This is why we echo the words of the poet Abu Tayyeb al-Mutanabbi: “O Eid, what difficult conditions you have returned with.” Finally, Arab rulers must stop yielding to the blackmail of those exploiting the Palestinian issue.