نحن نعيش تأريخاً جديداً. رغم كل ما حدث من مآسٍ، ورغم كل التوجسات بشأن المستقبل، إلا أننا نعيش لحظة تأريخية مفصلية، سيكون ما بعدها مختلفاً عما قبلها، وسوف تُعاد كتابة التأريخ بناءً عليها.
من الذي أعاد كتابة التأريخ، أو بالأحرى من الذي كتب فصلاً جديداً في تأريخنا العربي. من الذي خاض المصاعب والمتاعب، بحكمة وأناة وعقل وتدبّر وصبر، وقوة وعزيمة وإرادة وإقدام. من الذي سخّر كل ما يمكن أن يُسخّر، ووظّف كل ما يمكن أن يوظّف، من أجل قضية عادلة. بالإمكان أن نخرج من إطار الحديث عن الشخص إلى الحديث عن الدولة التي يمثلها الشخص، وهي الدولة التي اعتبرت القضية الفلسطينية منذ بدايتها قضيتها، دون مزايدة أو تكسّب شعبوي. الدولة التي رهنت مكتسبات، وراهنت بمقدرّات، بل خاطرت في مراحل عصيبة من أجل قضية آمنت بمشروعيتها وعدالتها، وآمنت بواجبها الحتمي تجاهها.
منذ تأسيس الدولة السعودية الحديثة، اعتبر المؤسس الملك عبدالعزيز (رحمه الله) قضية فلسطين قضيةً وجودية للعرب، وجاهر بذلك أمام كل القوى العالمية رغم حساسية مرحلة التأسيس والمخاطر المحيطة بها، ووجود أولويات داخلية في غاية الأهمية. ومن بعده استمرت المملكة في العمل الجاد المخلص من أجل استعادة الوطن الفلسطيني، وبذلت كل ما في وسعها من دعم سياسي ومادي ومعنوي من أجل عدم تذويب القضية والقذف بها خارج التأريخ.
لم تتماه المملكة مع شعارات القذف بإسرائيل في البحر لأنها تعرف أنها شعارات غير واقعية، وتعرف جيداً نتيجة التهور انسياقاً مع شارع عاطفي لا يعرف معنى السياسة ومآلات الحروب غير المتكافئة. وبدلاً من ذلك وضعت الدبلوماسية الضاغطة بديلاً، وحشدت كل قوتها السياسية والاقتصادية، وعلاقاتها المحترمة في المجتمع الدولي من أجل إحقاق الحق، وإحلال العدالة الواجبة للشعب الفلسطيني. ما من خطاب سياسي تلقيه المملكة في المنابر الدولية إلا وكانت القضية الفلسطينية في مقدمة محاوره. عملت بعقلانية كبيرة، وسياسة واقعية ذكية كي تحقق ما تصبو إليه من أجل فلسطين. شكك البعض في جدوى هذا المنحى، لكنهم لا يعرفون سياسة النفَس الطويل، والمثابرة، ومهارة توظيف أوراق القوة في مركز القرار السياسي السعودي.
الآن، نعيش وقتاً استثنائياً بفعل الدبلوماسية السعودية. المبنى الأيقوني للأمم المتحدة في نيويورك يشهد حدثاً مفصلياً وهو يسجل تدفق اعتراف الدول بدولة فلسطين. من كان يتخيل أن بريطانيا التي انطلق منها وعد بلفور تسجل اعترافها العلني الأممي بدولة فلسطين. ومن كان يصدق أن فرنسا تضع يدها بيد المملكة من أجل حل الدولتين. ومن يصدق أن العالم كله يحتشد لرفض الظلم والوحشية التي حاقت بالشعب الفلسطيني.
نعم حدث ذلك، لأن هناك دولة تعرف كيف تدير الأمور بحكمة وعبقرية سياسية، وتعرف جيداً كيف تتعامل مع العالم في أدق الملفات وأصعبها.
تابع قناة عكاظ على الواتساب
We are living a new history. Despite all the tragedies that have occurred, and despite all the concerns about the future, we are experiencing a pivotal historical moment, after which everything will be different from what it was before, and history will be rewritten based on it.
Who has rewritten history, or rather, who has written a new chapter in our Arab history? Who has faced difficulties and hardships with wisdom, patience, intellect, deliberation, and perseverance, along with strength, determination, will, and courage? Who has harnessed everything that can be harnessed and employed everything that can be employed for a just cause? We can shift from talking about the individual to discussing the state that the individual represents, which is the state that has considered the Palestinian cause its own since its inception, without exaggeration or populist gain. The state that has risked its gains and wagered its resources, even risking itself during difficult times for a cause it believed in for its legitimacy and justice, and believed in its inevitable duty towards it.
Since the establishment of the modern Saudi state, the founder King Abdulaziz (may God have mercy on him) considered the Palestinian cause an existential issue for Arabs, and he proclaimed this in front of all global powers despite the sensitivity of the founding phase and the surrounding dangers, as well as the existence of internal priorities of utmost importance. After him, the Kingdom continued to work diligently and sincerely to restore the Palestinian homeland, exerting all its efforts in political, material, and moral support to prevent the dilution of the cause and its expulsion from history.
The Kingdom did not align itself with slogans of throwing Israel into the sea because it knows these are unrealistic slogans, and it understands well the consequences of recklessness that follows an emotional street that does not comprehend the meaning of politics and the outcomes of asymmetric wars. Instead, it placed pressing diplomacy as an alternative, mobilizing all its political and economic strength, and its respected relationships in the international community to establish justice and ensure the rightful justice for the Palestinian people. There is no political speech delivered by the Kingdom on international platforms without the Palestinian cause being at the forefront of its discussions. It has acted with great rationality and smart, realistic policy to achieve its aspirations for Palestine. Some have doubted the efficacy of this approach, but they do not understand the policy of long breath, perseverance, and the skill of leveraging power in the Saudi political decision-making center.
Now, we are living in an exceptional time due to Saudi diplomacy. The iconic United Nations building in New York is witnessing a pivotal event as it records the flow of countries recognizing the State of Palestine. Who would have imagined that Britain, from which the Balfour Declaration originated, would publicly recognize the State of Palestine? And who would believe that France would join hands with the Kingdom for a two-state solution? And who would believe that the whole world is rallying to reject the injustice and brutality that has befallen the Palestinian people?
Yes, this has happened because there is a state that knows how to manage affairs with wisdom and political genius, and knows well how to deal with the world on the most delicate and difficult issues.
Who has rewritten history, or rather, who has written a new chapter in our Arab history? Who has faced difficulties and hardships with wisdom, patience, intellect, deliberation, and perseverance, along with strength, determination, will, and courage? Who has harnessed everything that can be harnessed and employed everything that can be employed for a just cause? We can shift from talking about the individual to discussing the state that the individual represents, which is the state that has considered the Palestinian cause its own since its inception, without exaggeration or populist gain. The state that has risked its gains and wagered its resources, even risking itself during difficult times for a cause it believed in for its legitimacy and justice, and believed in its inevitable duty towards it.
Since the establishment of the modern Saudi state, the founder King Abdulaziz (may God have mercy on him) considered the Palestinian cause an existential issue for Arabs, and he proclaimed this in front of all global powers despite the sensitivity of the founding phase and the surrounding dangers, as well as the existence of internal priorities of utmost importance. After him, the Kingdom continued to work diligently and sincerely to restore the Palestinian homeland, exerting all its efforts in political, material, and moral support to prevent the dilution of the cause and its expulsion from history.
The Kingdom did not align itself with slogans of throwing Israel into the sea because it knows these are unrealistic slogans, and it understands well the consequences of recklessness that follows an emotional street that does not comprehend the meaning of politics and the outcomes of asymmetric wars. Instead, it placed pressing diplomacy as an alternative, mobilizing all its political and economic strength, and its respected relationships in the international community to establish justice and ensure the rightful justice for the Palestinian people. There is no political speech delivered by the Kingdom on international platforms without the Palestinian cause being at the forefront of its discussions. It has acted with great rationality and smart, realistic policy to achieve its aspirations for Palestine. Some have doubted the efficacy of this approach, but they do not understand the policy of long breath, perseverance, and the skill of leveraging power in the Saudi political decision-making center.
Now, we are living in an exceptional time due to Saudi diplomacy. The iconic United Nations building in New York is witnessing a pivotal event as it records the flow of countries recognizing the State of Palestine. Who would have imagined that Britain, from which the Balfour Declaration originated, would publicly recognize the State of Palestine? And who would believe that France would join hands with the Kingdom for a two-state solution? And who would believe that the whole world is rallying to reject the injustice and brutality that has befallen the Palestinian people?
Yes, this has happened because there is a state that knows how to manage affairs with wisdom and political genius, and knows well how to deal with the world on the most delicate and difficult issues.


