«أقصر طريق إلى عضوية نادي (المناضلين) العرب هو شتم السعودية».
قالها جلال كشك ذات يوم، ليست مجرد نكتة سياسية، بل تشخيص ساخر من الراحل لحالة عقلية عربية استمرأت اختزال النضال في خصومة جاهزة، وشعارات هزيلة وخطابات جوفاء، ومنذ عقود؛ شكّلت المملكة العربية السعودية هدفاً لمن أراد إثبات انتمائه إلى معسكر «التقدّمية» أو «المقاومة»، فيأتي الطريق الأسهل لحجز مقعد على منصة النضال هو أن تشتم السعودية، لا أن تُقدّم مشروعاً، أو تواجه عدواً، أو تطعم طفلاً جائعاً أو تستر فقيراً في وطنك الأم!
في منشور على منصة x كتب الأستاذ الإعلامي داود الشريان عن تعاطي القنوات الناطقة بالعربية مع الدور الإقليمي والدولي للمملكة، باعتباره تهمة واستشهد بمقولة كشك عن نادي (المناضلين) العرب، وهذا واقع، ولكنه ليس لب القصد في منشور الأستاذ داود، بل إن الأهم هو انزلاق بعض الصحفيين والمعلقين السعوديين (وبدوافع نبيلة) إلى الظهور كمحامين أمام سيل التهم والزيف الفارغ، والحقيقة - في تقديري - أنه لا توجد قضية ولا نحتاج لمحاماة عن مواقف هي في الأصل (إنجازات) ونجاحات تطرح على طاولات الأجندات بإدارة الحاقدين والمبغضين من فلول الإخوان والحزبيات، تحت مسمى برامج حوارية تلوكها ألسن المجندين والمجندات لهذه القنوات الموجهة التي كرّست لعقود سردية مشوّهة عن السعودية، بينما تغافلت عن انتهاكات حلفائها المقربين، وامتنعت عن تغطية أحداث إنسانية لا تتفق وأجندات مشغليها ولا تخدم مصالحها، وعلى كل ففي نهاية تلك الحوارات يكتشف المتلقي - محباً أو كارهاً - أنه أمام جلسات للفضفضة والارتياح النفسي والتعافي من عبء هذه المنجزات وأصدائها التي أزعجت الآذان وأوغرت الصدور وضيقت الرؤى والخواطر؛ يعني جلسات Recovery Meeting، وبمعنى آخر Group Therapy كما في الأفلام.. ليس إلا.
أما في ما يتعلق بعضوية نادي (المناضلين) من منبوذي المثقفين والسياسيين العرب، الذين يكتسبون شرعيتهم النضالية بمجرد مهاجمتهم السعودية، بغض النظر عن مواقفهم الحقيقية أو ما يقدّمونه فعلاً من فكر أو نضال، فهم يتعمدون مهاجمة السعودية كوسيلة سهلة للشهرة أو إعادة تدوير ظهورهم بمظهر المناضل أو التقدمي أو القومجي إلخ، دون أن تكون لديهم مواقف ثابتة أو منجزات حقيقية، وقد تعودنا هذا السلوك وشربنا فجورهم ومصائبهم (مثل شرب الفناجيل) برداً وسلاماً ...!
لا تدّعي السعودية الكمال، ولا تعفي نفسها من النقد، لكنها في العقد الأخير قطعت خطوات واسعة في منجزات اقتصادية واجتماعية وسياسية كبرى تمسّ واقع مواطنيها، وتواجه بها تحديات عصرها. لكن رغم ذلك، ما زال بعض «المناضلين» العرب يصرّ على استخدام خطاب الستينيات، رافضين الاعتراف بالتغيّر، لأن الاعتراف يُسقط عنهم عباءة التميّز التي اكتسبوها مجاناً بشتمهم إياها. ما قاله جلال كشك لم يكن إلا مرآةً مكسورة لمجتمعات اعتادت تزييف البطولات وحروب الشعارات، وبينما تتقدّم السعودية على الأرض بخطوات جريئة، ما زال «نادي المناضلين» المزيّف يلوك شعاراته القديمة في مقهى قديم، ينتظر التصفيق من كفوف تمتد للتسول... والتوسل!
أخيراً.. السعودية لا تحتاج دفاعاً عن مواقف هي في الواقع مشرفة، بل تحتاج «دفعاً» لتلك المواقف على منصات العدو قبل الصديق، وقلب الطاولات في تلك القنوات المشؤومة من الاتهامات إلى رص قائمة المنجزات والنجاحات.. فالحج على الأبواب وموجة الصياح الموسمية أزِفت!
تابع قناة عكاظ على الواتساب
"The shortest way to membership in the Arab 'fighters' club is to insult Saudi Arabia."
This was said by Jalal Keshk one day, not just as a political joke, but as a sarcastic diagnosis from the late thinker of an Arab mentality that has become accustomed to reducing struggle to ready-made enmity, feeble slogans, and hollow speeches. For decades, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been a target for those wanting to prove their affiliation with the camp of 'progressiveness' or 'resistance.' The easiest way to secure a seat on the platform of struggle is to insult Saudi Arabia, rather than to present a project, confront an enemy, feed a hungry child, or shelter a poor person in your homeland!
In a post on platform X, media professor Dawood Al-Sharyan wrote about how Arabic-speaking channels deal with the regional and international role of the Kingdom, considering it an accusation, and cited Keshk's saying about the Arab 'fighters' club. This is a reality, but it is not the core intent of Professor Dawood's post. Rather, the important thing is the slip of some Saudi journalists and commentators (with noble motives) into appearing as defenders against the torrent of accusations and empty fabrications. The truth, in my opinion, is that there is no case, and we do not need to defend positions that are, in essence, 'achievements' and successes presented on the tables of agendas managed by the haters and adversaries from the remnants of the Brotherhood and party affiliations, under the guise of talk shows parroted by the tongues of the recruits of these directed channels that have dedicated decades to a distorted narrative about Saudi Arabia, while ignoring the violations of its close allies and refraining from covering humanitarian events that do not align with the agendas of its operators and do not serve their interests. In the end, during those discussions, the recipient—whether a lover or a hater—discovers that they are faced with sessions for venting, psychological comfort, and recovery from the burden of these achievements and their echoes that have annoyed ears, stirred hearts, and narrowed visions and thoughts; in other words, Recovery Meetings, or Group Therapy as seen in the movies... nothing more.
As for membership in the 'fighters' club of the outcast intellectuals and politicians, who gain their struggle legitimacy merely by attacking Saudi Arabia, regardless of their true positions or what they actually contribute in terms of thought or struggle, they deliberately attack Saudi Arabia as an easy means to fame or to recycle their appearances as fighters, progressives, or nationalists, etc., without having fixed positions or real achievements. We have become accustomed to this behavior and have absorbed their depravity and calamities (like drinking from cups) with calmness and peace...!
Saudi Arabia does not claim perfection, nor does it exempt itself from criticism, but in the last decade, it has made significant strides in major economic, social, and political achievements that affect the reality of its citizens and face the challenges of its era. However, despite this, some Arab 'fighters' still insist on using the rhetoric of the sixties, refusing to acknowledge change, because recognition would strip them of the cloak of distinction they have gained for free by insulting it. What Jalal Keshk said was merely a broken mirror reflecting societies that have become accustomed to distorting heroics and wars of slogans. While Saudi Arabia advances on the ground with bold steps, the fake 'fighters' club still recycles its old slogans in an old café, waiting for applause from hands extended in begging... and pleading!
Finally, Saudi Arabia does not need defense for positions that are, in reality, honorable; rather, it needs 'promotion' for those positions on the platforms of enemies before friends, and to turn the tables in those cursed channels from accusations to listing achievements and successes... for the pilgrimage is approaching, and the seasonal wave of shouting is imminent!
This was said by Jalal Keshk one day, not just as a political joke, but as a sarcastic diagnosis from the late thinker of an Arab mentality that has become accustomed to reducing struggle to ready-made enmity, feeble slogans, and hollow speeches. For decades, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been a target for those wanting to prove their affiliation with the camp of 'progressiveness' or 'resistance.' The easiest way to secure a seat on the platform of struggle is to insult Saudi Arabia, rather than to present a project, confront an enemy, feed a hungry child, or shelter a poor person in your homeland!
In a post on platform X, media professor Dawood Al-Sharyan wrote about how Arabic-speaking channels deal with the regional and international role of the Kingdom, considering it an accusation, and cited Keshk's saying about the Arab 'fighters' club. This is a reality, but it is not the core intent of Professor Dawood's post. Rather, the important thing is the slip of some Saudi journalists and commentators (with noble motives) into appearing as defenders against the torrent of accusations and empty fabrications. The truth, in my opinion, is that there is no case, and we do not need to defend positions that are, in essence, 'achievements' and successes presented on the tables of agendas managed by the haters and adversaries from the remnants of the Brotherhood and party affiliations, under the guise of talk shows parroted by the tongues of the recruits of these directed channels that have dedicated decades to a distorted narrative about Saudi Arabia, while ignoring the violations of its close allies and refraining from covering humanitarian events that do not align with the agendas of its operators and do not serve their interests. In the end, during those discussions, the recipient—whether a lover or a hater—discovers that they are faced with sessions for venting, psychological comfort, and recovery from the burden of these achievements and their echoes that have annoyed ears, stirred hearts, and narrowed visions and thoughts; in other words, Recovery Meetings, or Group Therapy as seen in the movies... nothing more.
As for membership in the 'fighters' club of the outcast intellectuals and politicians, who gain their struggle legitimacy merely by attacking Saudi Arabia, regardless of their true positions or what they actually contribute in terms of thought or struggle, they deliberately attack Saudi Arabia as an easy means to fame or to recycle their appearances as fighters, progressives, or nationalists, etc., without having fixed positions or real achievements. We have become accustomed to this behavior and have absorbed their depravity and calamities (like drinking from cups) with calmness and peace...!
Saudi Arabia does not claim perfection, nor does it exempt itself from criticism, but in the last decade, it has made significant strides in major economic, social, and political achievements that affect the reality of its citizens and face the challenges of its era. However, despite this, some Arab 'fighters' still insist on using the rhetoric of the sixties, refusing to acknowledge change, because recognition would strip them of the cloak of distinction they have gained for free by insulting it. What Jalal Keshk said was merely a broken mirror reflecting societies that have become accustomed to distorting heroics and wars of slogans. While Saudi Arabia advances on the ground with bold steps, the fake 'fighters' club still recycles its old slogans in an old café, waiting for applause from hands extended in begging... and pleading!
Finally, Saudi Arabia does not need defense for positions that are, in reality, honorable; rather, it needs 'promotion' for those positions on the platforms of enemies before friends, and to turn the tables in those cursed channels from accusations to listing achievements and successes... for the pilgrimage is approaching, and the seasonal wave of shouting is imminent!
