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Gaza’s Darkest Lesson: Exposing the True Allies and Enemies of
PalestineNovember
25, 2025
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As solidarity with Palestine has increasingly expanded from the global
South to the global majority, Arabs remain largely ineffective. (Design:
Palestine Chronicle)

*By Ramzy Baroud <https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/ramzy-baroud>*


Beyond reciting empty platitudes about ending the genocide, the collective
Arab officialdom did little to hold the Israeli occupation accountable or
apply any substantive pressure on its Western benefactors.

The bizarre, yet predictable, spectacle surrounding the United Nations
Security Council (UNSC) vote on Draft Resolution 2803 was not just
telling—it was a devastating political exposé. This resolution, which
effectively granted the Israeli occupation legal cover for its ongoing
military presence in Gaza, demonstrated a profound institutional betrayal
of the Palestinian people.

UNSC Resolution 2803 should have faced overwhelming global censure and a
swift, principled Russian-Chinese veto. Yet, neither materialized. The
facile explanation—that Russia and China feared being blamed for the
resumption of the genocide—is a deliberate smokescreen.

The reality is starker: the Israeli genocide in Gaza has never paused; it
has merely morphed. Crucially, the resolution’s demand, which conditions
Israel’s supposed “gradual withdrawal” upon the complete disarmament of the
Palestinian resistance, is a chilling invitation for the inevitable,
full-scale return of mass extermination to the utterly destroyed Strip.

The true enabler of this political tragedy was the covert diplomatic
capitulation of regional powers. The lack of a veto and the absence of any
formidable Arab opposition were premeditated, cemented when key Arab and
Muslim States issued
<https://usun.usmission.gov/joint-statement-on-the-un-security-council-resolution-on-gaza/>
a collaborative statement on November 14, 2025, calling for support of the
Trump Gaza plan and the subsequent UNSC resolution.

This endorsement of a US plan, fundamentally drafted in partnership with
Washington and the colonial entity in Tel Aviv, which aims to partition
Gaza and irrevocably separate it from the West Bank, compels the central,
agonizing question: whose side are these Arab regimes fighting on?

Beyond reciting empty platitudes about ending the genocide, the collective
Arab officialdom did little to hold the Israeli occupation accountable or
apply any substantive pressure on its Western benefactors. Their actions,
often conducted in the shadows, revealed a deep alignment with the imperial
agenda:
The Private Demand for Annihilation

According to the investigative journalist and author of War, Bob Woodward,
in his interviews with key administration figures, several prominent Arab
countries privately conveyed
<https://www.palestinechronicle.com/reviewing-war-arab-leaders-betray-gaza-according-to-bob-woodward/>
to former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken their fervent desire for the
Israeli occupation to destroy Hamas.

This chilling private sentiment, utterly contradictory to their public
posture, confirmed a strategic objective shared with the occupation: the
total eradication of armed Palestinian resistance.
Undermining the Red Sea Economic Siege

Select Arab states actively participated in establishing overland trade
corridors that served as vital, alternative routes for the Israeli economy.

This action was a direct, calculated maneuver to undermine the morally and
strategically effective Red Sea siege placed on Israeli shipping by
Ansarullah in Yemen, thereby negating the potent economic pressure exerted
by the group.
*State-Sponsored Anti-Palestinian Propaganda*

Specific Arab media conglomerates, particularly those heavily funded by
Gulf monarchies, waged a vicious propaganda war.

This campaign was engineered to disseminate anti-Palestinian narratives,
justify the occupation’s atrocities, vilify the Resistance leadership, and
deliberately marginalize the Palestinian cause from the pan-Arab
consciousness.
*Collaboration with Occupation Forces against Aid*

Credible reports emerged suggesting that elements within certain Arab
countries provided
<https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-uaes-war-on-muslims-from-sudan-to-the-gaza-genocide/>
support or logistical aid to armed criminal groups operating within Gaza.

These groups were implicated in working alongside the Israeli forces to
sabotage aid distribution, specifically targeting the Resistance
infrastructure and, most cruelly, killing desperate Palestinians attempting
to access humanitarian relief.
Strategic and Narrative Paralysis

Arab states demonstrated a complete failure to forge a cohesive, forceful
strategy to counter the Israeli genocide. Their inability to present a
unified, powerful, and relentless narrative on the global stage allowed the
Western-Israeli narrative of “self-defense” to overwhelmingly dominate,
exposing a deep-seated political and moral paralysis.
Suppression of Public Solidarity

The hypocrisy was laid bare when several Arab governments cracked down on
their own citizens, actively blocking solidarity activists from reaching
the borders near Gaza.

They arrested some prominent activists and violently prevented others from
holding mass rallies, proving that official “sympathy” was subordinate to
preserving security relationships with the West and the Occupation.
Indifference and Blatant Distraction

While the genocidal destruction of Gaza was underway, numerous Arab nations
ostentatiously continued hosting lavish, high-profile events, including
major music festivals and international sports tournaments.

This deliberate spectacle of normalcy served to minimize the atrocities,
divorce the ruling elites from the tragedy, and ensure the business of
distraction continued unabated.
The Centrality of Palestine

Palestine has historically been the epicenter of Arab collective identity
and the defining cause for the Arab masses. Indeed, the very formation of
the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) were
direct institutional responses to the mounting injustices inflicted upon
Palestinians by the colonial and Zionist project.

By demanding Arab solidarity, Palestinians were not removed from this
historical mandate, which began long before the official establishment of
Israel on the ruins of occupied Palestine. Indeed, starting on April 20,
1948, before the official withdrawal of the British Mandate, Arab
volunteers – the Arab Liberation Army – began pouring into Palestine to
fill the void left by formal states, which were themselves mostly under
colonial control or hegemony at the time.

Following WWII and the relative liberation of most Arab states, Palestine
became the core imperative of all Arab political causes, with Egypt in
particular stepping up to shoulder that generational responsibility.

But at every critical juncture, betrayal perpetually lurked in the shadows,
where empty lip service was paid merely to conceal deep-seated conspiracies
and intrigues. Over time, Palestine was cynically assigned a far less
urgent position in Arab priorities. Yet, the hope endured among
Palestinians that the collective identity uniting them with the Arab masses
— a unity of history, shared religions, and common experience — would
ultimately prevail over the narrow, personal gains of the ruling regimes.
*The Clarity of Betrayal*

The last few years, however, have delivered the inevitable rude awakening.
While some principled actors in Lebanon and Yemen displayed genuine Arab
solidarity — often through immense sacrifice — the vast majority of the
Arab body politic acted as if entirely unperturbed by the ongoing genocide,
or even worse, partially or openly aligned with the interests of Israel and
the US.

That betrayal, however agonizing, will ultimately prove beneficial as it
has provided the devastatingly clear distinction Palestinians and their
supporters desperately needed to continue the quest for justice. At a time
when countries like South Africa and Colombia, among many others, take
substantive legal and diplomatic steps to hold the Israeli occupation
accountable and halt its genocide, while Arab countries actively sustain
the Israeli economy, Palestinians now have a real opportunity to
distinguish unequivocally between genuine allies and false brethren.

Though this shattering realization will not alter the Palestinian people’s
identity as part of a larger Arab collective self-definition, nothing will
ever mitigate the fact that the Arab regimes watched Palestinians die in
masses and did nothing.

The profound repercussions of this historical realization shall echo among
Palestinians for generations. It will serve as an indelible, historical
witness against those regimes that opted to maintain their lucrative ties
with Washington and Tel Aviv at the fatal expense of a nation being
systematically eradicated.

The ultimate, tragic lesson is that Palestinians must look inward and
forward, knowing that their only true and reliable support comes from the
solidarity of the global freedom movement, not from compromised capitals in
their immediate region.

*(The Palestine Chronicle)*

*– Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, author and the Editor of The Palestine
Chronicle. He is the author of six books. His forthcoming book, ‘**Before
the Flood*
<https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4779-before-the-flood?srsltid=AfmBOorgPOepR8fLBeCXLViw_awRDNTNNerbwDJ4V2X5Jza-ajlZ6_bm>*,’
will be published by Seven Stories Press. His other books include ‘Our
Vision for Liberation’, ‘My Father was a Freedom Fighter’ and ‘The Last
Earth’. Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for
Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA). His website is **www.ramzybaroud.net*
<http://www.ramzybaroud.net/>
The views expressed in the article do not necessarily reflect the editorial
position of The Palestine Chronicle.
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