In trying to decipher the Middle East, firstly
one must understand the Islamic dichotomy of Sunni and Shia which has
clear boundary that has separated the Islamic world spiritually as well
as politically. By virtue of this, the Islamic world today is divided in
influence further by three parties ie Iran, Turkey and General
Arab Countries. On this equation rises a new platform called the Muslim
Brotherhood, a new wave of liberal thinking Sunni Muslims (Instrumental
in the Arab Spring uprising). This in itself would see the creation of
a complex web of partisan socio-religious-politico (SRP) climate.
Upon the death of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinians and the Palestinian
cause became an instant orphan caught in the evolving SRP calamity. Thus
led the formation of Hamas, a splinter group from PLO which was
dissatisfied with crony politics led by the Fatah faction. The role
played by Iran (Shia) and Syria (Allawites) in providing direct support
to these splinter factions in Palestine is of public knowledge, an
action which is treated suspiciously and also objected to by the Sunni
Arabs.
Thus you find the Palestinian ground be it West Bank or Gaza
becoming host for these middle Eastern governments to play out their
own political agenda. Sadly the enemy here for the Palestinians are
within and not outside as it is popularly believed. Until such time when
there is an internal realization of this predicament it is unfortunate
that destruction would continue to befall the Palestinian people.
So at this point in time Malaysia or other sympathizing countries can
only carry out mitigation humanitarian work and nothing more. This is
not just the struggle of the Palestinian people, it involves an agenda
that spreads across an entire turbulent region.
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