O’ Palestinians … whoever covers himself with the quilt of others will get cold
Opinion
FOR 15 restless days and nights, the people of Jerusalem resisted bravely until they broke the blockage at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
While Jerusalem was begging for support of the Arab and Islamic world, her voice has gone with the wind of Arab-Arab disputes calling to mind the ancient wars (Dahes and Al-Ghabra’a). Muslims, who have been trading in the issue of Jerusalem for a long time, relaxed their bodies on the silky beds of their schizophrenia.
Those who made the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan as Jerusalem Day and established their troops that murdered Arabs in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon remained silent when Aqsa Mosque suffered due to the Israeli blockage. It seemed that the Aqsa they were talking about is located in Mars, not some kilometers from their fellow, Hassan Nasrallah, who raised the slogan, “Marching … marching until AlAqsa.”
Apparently, Hassan Nasrallah lost the compass so he went to the East in order to liberate Syria instead of going to the South to liberate the first Qibla (direction of prayer) for Muslims.
For a fortnight, the Jerusalemites suffered as they removed the blockage using their bare hands, chests and continuous prayers. They found no supporter but themselves. Allah Almighty gave them the power and made them a unique example of resistance. That example has nothing to do with white collars and stylish neck ties. That unique example owns nothing but the belief in their land, right and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Jerusalemites had no consideration for 18 armed parties with their leaderships vacillating between the desires of former Egyptian president Jamal Abdul Nasser who lost Sinai within a few hours instead of throwing Israel into the sea as he used to say, and the Syrian ‘resistant’ regime which stood silently in front of the Golan Heights without any reaction against the Israeli practices concerning Judaization of Jerusalem.
Palestinian groups and organizations took the side of Saddam Hussein when he invaded Kuwait deceivingly, covered by the big lie — the Jerusalem Army with seven million soldiers. They were too enthusiastic about the slogans of Muammar Gaddafi, to the extent that they chose to fight at the border strip Tizi Ouzo of Chad, dreaming that the African Desert could lead them to the place they should be in.
They made Jounieh City in Lebanon a compulsory way to Haifa. They thought that involvement in Yemeni-Yemeni struggles is the best way to reach Safed. They created the Black
by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
“Iran does not recognise any limits to its scientific and technological progress and will not wait for the approval or permission of any country regarding the activities of its scientists and experts,” the foreign ministry spokesman said.
Sanctions on Iranian firms
The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on six subsidiaries of a company key to Iran’s ballistic missile program, citing continued “provocative actions” like Tehran’s launch of a rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit.
Iranian state television reported on Thursday that Iran had successfully tested a rocket that can deliver satellites into orbit, an action the United States and others say breaches a UN Security Council resolution because
of its potential use in ballistic missile development.
A joint statement on Friday from the United States, France, Germany and Britain said the launch was inconsistent with a UN Security Council resolution calling on Iran not to conduct such tests.
The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on six Iranian firms owned or controlled by the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group. The move enables the US government to block any company property under its jurisdiction and prevents US citizens from doing business with the firms.
“These sanctions ... underscore the United States’ deep concerns with Iran’s continued development and testing of ballistic missiles and other provocative behavior,” Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said in a statement.