Algerian Journalist: Arab League is better off being silent on Palestine
Palestine-Regional, Politics, 4/13/2006

An Algerian journalist wrote in this country's Al-Shorouq daily's Wednesday edition that Arab leaders' silent on Palestine issue would serve that nation's interests more than the Arab League's phony support.

The Arab League is the organization that gathers the Arab states, and despite the desire of some to see it into an effective organization, it maintains a symbolic role that reflects the lack of desire of the Arab states for an effective role for this organization.

Sa'd Bou-Aqaba wrote, "O Arab nation! The Arab League at the end of its important extraordinary session summit issued a significant communique announcing that Palestine, Iraq, Sudan and Afghanistan would soon be liberated! The AL has considered as 'unacceptable' the EU's halting of its financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority. By God that is a righteous stand!

"The AL has denounced the EU's unjust measure, but it is the first time in world history that the receivers of alms are negotiating with alms' donators after being deprived of it!

"If the AL was after revival of its lost prestige -- if anything till remains of it -- it would have in its communique asked the multi-millionaire Arabs to stop wasting money in beaches of Europe, East Asian and even America; but the AL instead challenged the alms donators!

"The AL could not even challenge its own members for rejecting to receive Hamas delegations, or for congratulating the successor of Ariel Sharon for assuming responsibility in occupied Palestine, but they never congratulated Hamas after its victory in democratic Palestinian elections.

"Such nasty adopting of stands is no less harmful than EU's halting of its alms to Palestine, and is by no means in line with the seized rights of the oppressed Palestinians.

"It means that the AL believes they -- the cheap Arab leaders -- and the EU are the real guardians of the Palestinians, and not their worthy elected current leaders, Hamas.

"The AL had better remain silent" and advised the Arab leaders, too, to follow suit, "because the alms that the West has ceased paying to the Palestinians is not even equal to a tenth of the money stolen from the Arab nations each year by their leaders, or the money spent by such and such Emir, or minister in vacation resorts of Bangkok, Cannes, etc."

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