Q&A: The 21st Arab Summit

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Answers to Questions

Question 1: The 21^st Arab summit was held on Monday, 30^th March, 2009 and instead of the scheduled 2 dyas of deliberations, it was all over in one day itself. How far can its resolutions be effective?

Answer:  This summit meant nothing at all and its resolutions will not be productive in any sense whatsoever. Therefore there is no question of their effectiveness to any extent.to explain the picture more clearly, we mention the following:

1. It has now become a matter of ‘routine‘ to hold summit meetings in the month of March every year.
2. The big powers have held such Arab summits and fully exploited them to further their Palestine Agenda which they refer o as the ‘‘Middle East Issue‘‘. In the1960’s, when these summits began, it was the two big powers; America and Britain, who controlled these. With the weakening of the British influence, it is now the US alone that influences and controls such summits.
3. In the recent past, the situation of the US has become rather shaky and unstable and it has its own priorities in the ‘Middle East Issue‘ , especially after the economic crisis that it is confronted with as well as its own predicament in Iraq & Afghanistan where it is focussing its priorities.
4. Therefore, despite the fact that Benjamin Netanyahu has clearly expressed that he does not want to pursue the two nation agenda which the US is keen about, and inspite of the fact that America was in a position to manouvre his defaeat in the elections as it had done in the past, it chose to let the event run their course and did not intervene. It was merely content to have Ehud Barak with Netanyahu so that Netanyahu does not become the sole authority but there is Barak who subscribes to the view of the two-nation concept. Moreover the US is aware that the thin majority which Neatanyahu holds will allow him to pursue his course alone.All of this indicates that the US is not sticking to its own course of action i.e. the solution of the dispute or even a semblance of one. In other words, it has allowed the event to run their course without itself intervening seriously so that it is free to steal some time from this race and focus on its own priorities and then take up its ‘‘Middle East Issue‘‘ at a tome of its convenience without having to be bowed down by Netanyahu or any other politician in the Jewish entity. This is specially true because the existence, and even annihilation of the Jewish entity is at the mercy of America. Thus while the US apperas to have abstained from the current leg of the race, it has its own trusted and sincere agent in the person of Hosni Mubarak to stand-in for his masters and take care of their interests. It is not as if the US does not want to engage in any of the conferences at present…. in fact it has its delegates at all such events who meticulously collect information which the US will use when it return actively to focus on the ‘‘Middle East Issue‘‘.
5. Therefore America has left this particular summit conference to run as per its routine without any direct intervention i.e. the Arab rulers met, they enjoyed lavish their food & drinks course, exhchanged smiles with some and dhowed the disdain and detest for others, talked about the conciliation in ambigious terms.

Therefore, what can be said about this summit confernece is that it was a general meeting of the Arab rulers while the US is engaged elsewhere focussing on its current priorities. After this, the US will return and organise major and minor conferences which will result in such decisions that will will serve its agenda.

6th Rabee al Thani. 1430 A.H
1st April.2009 C.E