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I apologize, but witnessing the starvation of the people of Gaza deeply wounds the Arab conscience. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be motivating decisive action. It no longer makes us, as Arabs, move forward. We have remained silent for too long about the tragedy unfolding in Gaza, which is visible to the world, yet many, including Arabs, have remained silent. Many in the West, who claim to be civilized and advanced in human rights, have not shown empathy for the strongest and most unjust party in this tragedy, nor have they fully supported Israel, which they claim has the right to defend itself against the Palestinian resistance, whose movements and cells are spread throughout this area. However, some Arab and Islamic countries, including Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Algeria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, have condemned this Israeli aggression, which targeted innocent women and children in Gaza. The Al-Azhar in Egypt has called for a halt to this attack on innocent people in the Gaza Strip. Despite this, Tel Aviv continues its aggressive and indiscriminate killing. Major Western countries are also supporting the pursuit of what they call "terrorist cells" in this area. Unfortunately, the images we receive from Gaza show the bodies of children and their families, and women who pose no threat to the occupying Israeli entity. Despite this, this world, which claims to be civilized and just, is taking a position of ignoring all this Palestinian blood, while the international community should have recognized the Israeli aggression. It has called for a halt to "violence"! But is deliberately killing children violence? And is killing all these women violence? I am deeply saddened by this world where we, as Arabs, continue to believe in the legitimacy of the international community and its ability to resolve our pending issues and pile them up in its vast files. These international institutions, which are supposed to deal with all these issues, are subject to the influence of major global powers, forcing them to pursue their interests rather than the principles on which these institutions were founded. We, as Arabs, continue to rely on and call for adherence to their decisions, which unfortunately do not benefit us. What is happening in this sector today and in the past years is something that should cause anyone to question who is guilty, who is innocent, who is oppressor, who is oppressed, who is aggressor, and who is the victim?

Today, Gaza continues to mourn its fallen, one after another, while some spokespersons for European countries express their full support for the disciplinary measures taken by Israel against members of Palestinian resistance movements. It is as if Israel is actually killing these individuals and avoiding harming children and women, despite President Emmanuel Macron's decision to recognize the Palestinian state in the coming September, and the objection of Washington to this decision, which Trump described as a reckless decision. But how can all this world remain silent and indifferent, giving excuses to the oppressor and justifying his actions, while the Palestinians wait for a response from this world that has proven to be a hidden and open agent of this occupying entity, and does not see the shedding of all this blood and the cries of those who have lost their loved ones, whether it is a child orphaned by an attack or a father mourning his son, or the tears of young women mourning the loss of their mothers? Tell me, what world do we live in today, and what faith makes us trust in its governments, institutions, organizations, and foreign representatives and envoys? What world makes us regret and despair to the point that we are unable to choose the most condemning words, in the hope that they will pain Israel and be considered a declaration of war without weapons or armies? What made us review expressions of condemnation and choose the mildest ones, as if we do not want to hurt the feelings of Israel? But this world has called for an end to violence, as if what is happening today in Gaza is simply violence? I leave my fate to God and He is the best disposer, on the day that this world abandons the support of Gaza, and there is no power or strength except in God, who will not allow anyone to oppress the people of Gaza except Him. O Lord, punish the oppressors and the arrogant, and do not leave any of them, and kill them one by one.