ما يحدث الآن من تبادل إطلاق صواريخ بين إيران وإسرائيل، يروّج معه أن الدول العربية لم تُحاول قط محاربة استعمار فلسطين، أو هذه الصورة التي يحاول الإعلام الغربي تكريسها ويلتقطها بعض الشباب العربي المتحمس. وهذا بالطبع غير صحيح، بعض الدول العربية شاركت مرة واحدة على الأقل في إحدى الحروب ضد إسرائيل. كما عارضت جامعة الدول العربية بشدة استعمار فلسطين، وتصرفت بطرق مختلفة على مر السنين، ودعت مراراً إلى «انسحاب إسرائيل الكامل إلى حدود عام 1967» (أي خط الهدنة لعام 1949).
لماذا لم تعد تلك الدول العربية تُقاتل وتشن الحروب من أجل فلسطين؟
لقد خاضت بعض هذه الدول حروباً في العقود الأولى لقيام إسرائيل، لكن إسرائيل انتصرت في هذه الحروب. وليست حروب الكلام التي شنّها بعض القادة العرب وعنتريات بعض الإعلام العربي في زمانه.
علاوة على ذلك، في العقود القليلة الماضية، قدّمت جميع الدول الغربية، دعمها غير المشروط لإسرائيل. لذا، من المرجح جدّاً أن بعض الدول العربية أدركت أنها معركة خاسرة؛ لأن الدعم العالمي القوي لإسرائيل يحول دون أي تأثير يُذكر.
كانت أفضل فرصة للدول العربية لهزيمة إسرائيل قبل سقوط الاتحاد السوفيتي عام 1989. فإذا نظرنا إلى حربي 1967 و1973، نجد أنهم نظريّاً كانوا يتفوقون على الجيش الإسرائيلي عدداً وعتاداً، وكانوا يحصلون على كميات وفيرة من المعدات السوفيتية. لكن الحقيقة هي أن الحروب غالباً ما تُحسم بالتدريب والمعنويات والجودة والدافعية، بالنسبة لإسرائيل كانت تلك الحروب وجودية. إما أن تكون أو لن تقوم لها قائمة.
منذ ذلك الحين، ازدادت الميزة النوعية لإسرائيل، واختفت الشروط السهلة للحصول على المعدات السوفيتية، وبات على هذه الدول الآن دفع ثمن الأسلحة الغربية، وربما أصبح وضعها الاقتصادي أكثر خطورة مما كان عليه آنذاك. حتى قبل حرب أوكرانيا، أظهرت المعدات الروسية نقاط ضعف في العراق عامي 1991 و2003.
ورغم صغر حجم إسرائيل، الذي يتجاوز تعداده 610 آلاف جندي عامل واحتياطي، فإن جيشها يفوق جيش كندا بعشرة أضعاف تقريباً، وفي نهاية المطاف، من المرجح أن تكون إسرائيل دولة مسلحة نوويّاً، على الرغم من عدم إعلانها ذلك رسميّاً.
الجانب الآخر من كل هذا هو أن إسرائيل ربما أرادت التفاوض من موقع قوة بعد أن حققت هيمنتها العسكرية الإقليمية. وقد بدأ ذلك باتفاقات أوسلو، التي اغتيل رابين على يد متطرف يهودي بسببها عام 1995.
ولن ينتهي الوجود الإسرائيلي للأسف مع إطلاق آخر صاروخ من طهران، مع العلم أن ما يحدث بين تل أبيب وطهران اليوم لا علاقة له بفلسطين.
تابع قناة عكاظ على الواتساب
What is happening now with the exchange of rocket fire between Iran and Israel promotes the idea that Arab countries have never attempted to fight the colonization of Palestine, or this image that Western media tries to cement and some enthusiastic Arab youth capture. This is, of course, not true; some Arab countries have participated at least once in a war against Israel. The Arab League has also strongly opposed the colonization of Palestine, acting in various ways over the years, and has repeatedly called for "Israel's complete withdrawal to the 1967 borders" (i.e., the 1949 armistice line).
Why do those Arab countries no longer fight and wage wars for Palestine?
Some of these countries fought wars in the early decades of Israel's establishment, but Israel emerged victorious in these wars. And these were not the wars of words waged by some Arab leaders and the bravado of some Arab media of their time.
Moreover, in the past few decades, all Western countries have provided their unconditional support to Israel. Therefore, it is very likely that some Arab countries realized that it is a losing battle; because the strong global support for Israel prevents any significant impact.
The best opportunity for Arab countries to defeat Israel was before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989. If we look at the wars of 1967 and 1973, we find that theoretically they outnumbered the Israeli army in terms of personnel and equipment, and they were receiving ample amounts of Soviet equipment. But the reality is that wars are often decided by training, morale, quality, and motivation; for Israel, those wars were existential. It was either to be or not to be.
Since then, Israel's qualitative advantage has increased, and the easy conditions for obtaining Soviet equipment have disappeared, and these countries now have to pay the price for Western weapons, and perhaps their economic situation has become more precarious than it was back then. Even before the Ukraine war, Russian equipment showed weaknesses in Iraq in 1991 and 2003.
Despite Israel's small size, with over 610,000 active and reserve soldiers, its army is nearly ten times larger than that of Canada, and ultimately, Israel is likely to be a nuclear-armed state, despite not officially declaring it.
The other side of all this is that Israel may have wanted to negotiate from a position of strength after achieving its regional military dominance. This began with the Oslo Accords, for which Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist in 1995.
Unfortunately, the Israeli presence will not end with the last rocket launched from Tehran, knowing that what is happening between Tel Aviv and Tehran today has nothing to do with Palestine.
Why do those Arab countries no longer fight and wage wars for Palestine?
Some of these countries fought wars in the early decades of Israel's establishment, but Israel emerged victorious in these wars. And these were not the wars of words waged by some Arab leaders and the bravado of some Arab media of their time.
Moreover, in the past few decades, all Western countries have provided their unconditional support to Israel. Therefore, it is very likely that some Arab countries realized that it is a losing battle; because the strong global support for Israel prevents any significant impact.
The best opportunity for Arab countries to defeat Israel was before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989. If we look at the wars of 1967 and 1973, we find that theoretically they outnumbered the Israeli army in terms of personnel and equipment, and they were receiving ample amounts of Soviet equipment. But the reality is that wars are often decided by training, morale, quality, and motivation; for Israel, those wars were existential. It was either to be or not to be.
Since then, Israel's qualitative advantage has increased, and the easy conditions for obtaining Soviet equipment have disappeared, and these countries now have to pay the price for Western weapons, and perhaps their economic situation has become more precarious than it was back then. Even before the Ukraine war, Russian equipment showed weaknesses in Iraq in 1991 and 2003.
Despite Israel's small size, with over 610,000 active and reserve soldiers, its army is nearly ten times larger than that of Canada, and ultimately, Israel is likely to be a nuclear-armed state, despite not officially declaring it.
The other side of all this is that Israel may have wanted to negotiate from a position of strength after achieving its regional military dominance. This began with the Oslo Accords, for which Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist in 1995.
Unfortunately, the Israeli presence will not end with the last rocket launched from Tehran, knowing that what is happening between Tel Aviv and Tehran today has nothing to do with Palestine.
