Arab Regimes and the Betrayal of Palestine (w/ Farah El-Sharif) | The Chris Hedges Report Farah El-Sharif examines the forces that lead Muslim leaders to stand by and witness the slaughter of their own people in exchange for “petty crumbs” from Western powers and the Zionist state.

“The systemic repression that Muslim communities worldwide experience is inextricably linked to the interventionist, expansionist, supremacist American-Israeli Western project,” El Sharif says. Though the region has grown to have perceived independence from its former colonial states, El Sharif explains that the imperial agenda and the manufacturing of a Muslim menace continues.

The psychological and physical damage runs so deep that many give in to their oppressors in hope of selfish prosperity, while others look at themselves as less than deserving of a dignified existence. The genocide in Gaza proves to be the most crucial litmus test, as the leaders of fellow Muslim countries stand by and witness the slaughter of their own people in exchange for “petty crumbs” from Western powers and the Zionist state.

“A lot of Muslims even internalize this war on terror rhetoric and they themselves start being apologetic and say, Islam is peaceful, Islam is this, Islam is compatible with democracy, Islam is compatible with civility,” El Sharif explains. “I see that as a sign of decimated consciousness, not just double consciousness. They don’t know their own faith, they don’t know their own history, and so they start being apologetic about it, and that is a position of weakness.”

“Penindasan sistemik yang dialami komunitas Muslim di seluruh dunia terkait erat dengan proyek intervensionis, ekspansionis, supremasi Amerika-Israel,” kata El Sharif. Meskipun wilayah tersebut telah berkembang untuk merasakan kemerdekaan dari bekas negara kolonialnya, El Sharif menjelaskan bahwa agenda kekaisaran dan pembuatan ancaman Muslim terus berlanjut.

Kerusakan psikologis dan fisik berjalan begitu dalam sehingga banyak yang menyerah pada penindas mereka dengan harapan kemakmuran yang egois, sementara yang lain melihat diri mereka kurang pantas mendapatkan eksistensi yang bermartabat. Genosida di Gaza terbukti menjadi ujian lakmus yang paling penting, karena para pemimpin sesama negara Muslim berdiri dan menyaksikan pembantaian rakyat mereka sendiri dengan imbalan “remah-remah kecil” dari kekuatan Barat dan negara Zionis.

“Banyak Muslim bahkan menginternalisasi perang ini terhadap retorika teror dan mereka sendiri mulai meminta maaf dan berkata, Islam itu damai, Islam adalah ini, Islam kompatibel dengan demokrasi, Islam kompatibel dengan kesopanan,” El Sharif menjelaskan. “Saya melihat itu sebagai tanda kesadaran yang hancur, bukan hanya kesadaran ganda. Mereka tidak tahu keyakinan mereka sendiri, mereka tidak tahu sejarah mereka sendiri, jadi mereka mulai meminta maaf tentang hal itu, dan itu adalah posisi kelemahan.”

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