1. China: a peace maker of the Middle East
In March 2021, China and Iran signed a 25-year comprehensive cooperation agreement, bringing Iran into China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
[Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Chinese President Xi Jinping]
In December 2022, China and Saudi Arabia agreed to enhance Belt and Road cooperation, judicial, education, hydrogen energy, investment and housing cooperation, among others.
[Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Chinese President Xi Jinping]
Then, in August 2023, under the auspice's of China, Saudi Arabia and Iran reconciliated.
China has a tradition of "people first". Thus China is a peace maker. Peace is a prerequisite for economic prosperity and people's well-being. That's what China seeks for.
[Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban (Left), Wang Yi, China's most senior diplomat and Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Beijing, March 2023]
2. The US's plan to turn the Middle East into a region of war and confrontation again: an attempt to sever Saudi Arabia and Iran
The reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran has completely changed a geopolitical situation of the Middle East.
For more than decades, the US and UK have been inciting conflicts and confrontation between Sunni Moslems led by Saudi Arabia and Shia Moslems led by Iran, applying to the Middle East ancient Rome's maxim "Divide and rule".
The prospect of peaceful and prosperous Middle East upset the US Military Industrial Complex because the US Military Industrial Complex needs regular wars and conflicts to survive. And, the Middle East has been a cash cow for them.
So, the US and Israel tried to sever Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Backed by the US, Israel approached Saudi Arabia to normalize relations between two countries, the purpose of which was to sever Saudi Arabia and Iran again.
In September 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS) indicated that progress had been made. A normalization agreement seemed to be on the horizon. [1]
Then, on October 7th 2023, Hamas in Gaza launched a massive surprise missile attack against Israel.
Hamas is financially supported by Iran. There is a possibility that, in order to prevent a normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Iran suggested and let Hamas attack Israel.
As soon as Israel began retaliation by bombing and killing Palestine civilians, Saudi Arabia started blaming Israel. The US-backed plan to normalize ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia was broken apart. [2]
3. The US's plan "B" to turn the Middle East into a region of war and confrontation again: an attempt to draw Iran into a war
Having realized that its plan to normalize ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia had been completely destroyed, the US decided to let Israel retaliate against Hamas and Palestine as hard as possible so that hatred and confrontation would prevail in the Middle East again.
[Immediately after the war had begun, US President Joe Biden met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, confirming the US's support for Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 18th 2023]
Israel started genocide, killing thousands of Palestine civilians by bombing residential areas, hospitals, refugee camps and ambulance cars. 40% of victims of Palestine civilians are children. It's a blatant violation of international law. It's a war crime.
On November 4th, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with several Arab leaders to defend Israel's position, rejecting Arab leaders' call for an immediate ceasefire. [3]
[US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with several Arab leaders in Amman, Jordan on November 4th 2023]
Instead of persuading Israel to accept a ceasefire, the US sent 2 carrier strike groups to eastern Mediterranean and carried out strikes against Iran's Revolutionary Guards and its related groups stationed in Syria. [4]
[US aircraft carriers, USS Gerald R. Ford (front) and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower]
The US is trying to provoke and draw Iran into a military conflict. The US's scenario, in other words, what the US wants to do is to escalate the Israel-Palestine War and turn the Middle East into a region of war and confrontation again because it would profit the US Military Industrial Complex and US oil & gas companies.
4. The demise of Israel as a state as we know it
So far, Iran restrains itself, keeping Iran-supported Hezbollah's attack in the Israel-Lebanon border area within a relatively small scale and avoiding a direct military conflict with the US.
Instead of intensifying Hezbollah's attack, Iran is thoughtful enough to mobilize and rally Arab and Islamic countries against Israel, cooperating with Saudi Arabia.
On November 12th, nearly 60 countries' leaders gathered at the Arab-Islamic Summit held in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The summit was attended by so many leaders that it overwhelmed and dwarfed Blinken's small meeting with several Arab leaders.
Dozens of leaders that attended the Arab-Islamic Summit included Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad among others. [5]
[The Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, November 12th 2023]
[Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, November 12th 2023]
At the Arab-Islamic Summit, Iran advocated that economic sanctions should be imposed against Israel. [6]
Israel believes that it is superior to Arab people and regards Palestine people in Gaza as animals. So, Israel would not stop its genocide in Gaza. It is its own arrogance that would "kill" Israel.
If Israel continues committing genocide in Gaza, Arab and Islamic countries would decide to impose economic sanctions against Israel. And, other countries in the world would follow suit.
Apartheid Israel would be isolated just like apartheid South Africa was isolated. As Israel's imports of oil, gas, foods, machines and parts would stop, Israel's economy would collapse.
It would lead to not only resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu as a prime minister but the demise of Israel as a state as we know it. It would force Israel to change its way of thinking. It would be forced to abandon its arrogant and aggressive attitude. Israel would be transformed to become a harmonious and benevolent country.
5. The demise of the US Military Industrial Complex
Also, as Israel is using US supplied weapons such as F-16s and JDAMs to keep committing genocide in Gaza, Arab and Islamic countries would feel fed up and decide to drastically decrease or even stop importing US weapon systems and equipment so as to apply pressure upon the US.
After all, having established good relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Moslem countries don't need lots of US weapons anymore.
Arab and Islamic countries would increase importing weapons from China and Russia as they decrease or even stop importing US weapon systems,
Arab and Islamic countries' drastic decrease in purchase of US weapons would inflict a fatal blow to the US Military Industrial Complex.
According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, "a total of 41 per cent of US arms exports went to the Middle East in 2018–22." and "Four Middle Eastern states were among the top 10 importers of US arms in 2018–22: Saudi Arabia accounted for 19 per cent of US arms exports, Qatar for 6.7 per cent, Kuwait for 4.8 per cent and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for 4.4 per cent." [7]
Other countries in the world would follow the suit of Arab and Islamic countries, decreasing and even stopping importing US weapons. Thus, Arab and Islamic countries' boycott of US weapons would "kill" the US Military Industrial Complex.
With the demise of its Military Industrial Complex, the nature of the US as a state would change. It would force the US to change its way of thinking. The US would abandon its arrogant and aggressive attitude. The US would become a harmonious and benevolent country.
The world would become multilateral, where peace and prosperity would prevail based upon equal win-win relations.
Thank you.
References:
(1) "Is a Saudi-Israel Normalization Agreement on the Horizon?", September 28th 2023, The United States Institute of Peace
(2) "Saudi Arabia puts Israel deal on ice amid war, engages with Iran, sources say", October 13th 2023, Reuters
(3) "Blinken spars with Arab leaders in Amman over ceasefire call, says it’ll help Hamas", November 4th 2023, The Times of Israel
(4) "US hints at more strikes unless Iran-linked groups halt attacks", November 13th 2023, Reuters
(5) "Arab and Muslim leaders demand immediate end to Gaza war", November 12th 2023, Reuters
(6) "Iran's Raisi hails Hamas, urges Islamic states' sanctions on Israel", November 13th 2023, Reuters
(7) Trends In International Arms Transfers, 2022, March 2023, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect nor represent the policy or position of any government, party, or organization.
In March 2021, China and Iran signed a 25-year comprehensive cooperation agreement, bringing Iran into China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
[Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Chinese President Xi Jinping]
In December 2022, China and Saudi Arabia agreed to enhance Belt and Road cooperation, judicial, education, hydrogen energy, investment and housing cooperation, among others.
[Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Chinese President Xi Jinping]
Then, in August 2023, under the auspice's of China, Saudi Arabia and Iran reconciliated.
China has a tradition of "people first". Thus China is a peace maker. Peace is a prerequisite for economic prosperity and people's well-being. That's what China seeks for.
[Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban (Left), Wang Yi, China's most senior diplomat and Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Beijing, March 2023]
2. The US's plan to turn the Middle East into a region of war and confrontation again: an attempt to sever Saudi Arabia and Iran
The reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran has completely changed a geopolitical situation of the Middle East.
For more than decades, the US and UK have been inciting conflicts and confrontation between Sunni Moslems led by Saudi Arabia and Shia Moslems led by Iran, applying to the Middle East ancient Rome's maxim "Divide and rule".
The prospect of peaceful and prosperous Middle East upset the US Military Industrial Complex because the US Military Industrial Complex needs regular wars and conflicts to survive. And, the Middle East has been a cash cow for them.
So, the US and Israel tried to sever Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Backed by the US, Israel approached Saudi Arabia to normalize relations between two countries, the purpose of which was to sever Saudi Arabia and Iran again.
In September 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS) indicated that progress had been made. A normalization agreement seemed to be on the horizon. [1]
Then, on October 7th 2023, Hamas in Gaza launched a massive surprise missile attack against Israel.
Hamas is financially supported by Iran. There is a possibility that, in order to prevent a normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Iran suggested and let Hamas attack Israel.
As soon as Israel began retaliation by bombing and killing Palestine civilians, Saudi Arabia started blaming Israel. The US-backed plan to normalize ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia was broken apart. [2]
3. The US's plan "B" to turn the Middle East into a region of war and confrontation again: an attempt to draw Iran into a war
Having realized that its plan to normalize ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia had been completely destroyed, the US decided to let Israel retaliate against Hamas and Palestine as hard as possible so that hatred and confrontation would prevail in the Middle East again.
[Immediately after the war had begun, US President Joe Biden met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, confirming the US's support for Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 18th 2023]
Israel started genocide, killing thousands of Palestine civilians by bombing residential areas, hospitals, refugee camps and ambulance cars. 40% of victims of Palestine civilians are children. It's a blatant violation of international law. It's a war crime.
On November 4th, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with several Arab leaders to defend Israel's position, rejecting Arab leaders' call for an immediate ceasefire. [3]
[US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with several Arab leaders in Amman, Jordan on November 4th 2023]
Instead of persuading Israel to accept a ceasefire, the US sent 2 carrier strike groups to eastern Mediterranean and carried out strikes against Iran's Revolutionary Guards and its related groups stationed in Syria. [4]
[US aircraft carriers, USS Gerald R. Ford (front) and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower]
The US is trying to provoke and draw Iran into a military conflict. The US's scenario, in other words, what the US wants to do is to escalate the Israel-Palestine War and turn the Middle East into a region of war and confrontation again because it would profit the US Military Industrial Complex and US oil & gas companies.
4. The demise of Israel as a state as we know it
So far, Iran restrains itself, keeping Iran-supported Hezbollah's attack in the Israel-Lebanon border area within a relatively small scale and avoiding a direct military conflict with the US.
Instead of intensifying Hezbollah's attack, Iran is thoughtful enough to mobilize and rally Arab and Islamic countries against Israel, cooperating with Saudi Arabia.
On November 12th, nearly 60 countries' leaders gathered at the Arab-Islamic Summit held in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The summit was attended by so many leaders that it overwhelmed and dwarfed Blinken's small meeting with several Arab leaders.
Dozens of leaders that attended the Arab-Islamic Summit included Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad among others. [5]
[The Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, November 12th 2023]
[Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, November 12th 2023]
At the Arab-Islamic Summit, Iran advocated that economic sanctions should be imposed against Israel. [6]
Israel believes that it is superior to Arab people and regards Palestine people in Gaza as animals. So, Israel would not stop its genocide in Gaza. It is its own arrogance that would "kill" Israel.
If Israel continues committing genocide in Gaza, Arab and Islamic countries would decide to impose economic sanctions against Israel. And, other countries in the world would follow suit.
Apartheid Israel would be isolated just like apartheid South Africa was isolated. As Israel's imports of oil, gas, foods, machines and parts would stop, Israel's economy would collapse.
It would lead to not only resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu as a prime minister but the demise of Israel as a state as we know it. It would force Israel to change its way of thinking. It would be forced to abandon its arrogant and aggressive attitude. Israel would be transformed to become a harmonious and benevolent country.
5. The demise of the US Military Industrial Complex
Also, as Israel is using US supplied weapons such as F-16s and JDAMs to keep committing genocide in Gaza, Arab and Islamic countries would feel fed up and decide to drastically decrease or even stop importing US weapon systems and equipment so as to apply pressure upon the US.
After all, having established good relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Moslem countries don't need lots of US weapons anymore.
Arab and Islamic countries would increase importing weapons from China and Russia as they decrease or even stop importing US weapon systems,
Arab and Islamic countries' drastic decrease in purchase of US weapons would inflict a fatal blow to the US Military Industrial Complex.
According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, "a total of 41 per cent of US arms exports went to the Middle East in 2018–22." and "Four Middle Eastern states were among the top 10 importers of US arms in 2018–22: Saudi Arabia accounted for 19 per cent of US arms exports, Qatar for 6.7 per cent, Kuwait for 4.8 per cent and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for 4.4 per cent." [7]
Other countries in the world would follow the suit of Arab and Islamic countries, decreasing and even stopping importing US weapons. Thus, Arab and Islamic countries' boycott of US weapons would "kill" the US Military Industrial Complex.
With the demise of its Military Industrial Complex, the nature of the US as a state would change. It would force the US to change its way of thinking. The US would abandon its arrogant and aggressive attitude. The US would become a harmonious and benevolent country.
The world would become multilateral, where peace and prosperity would prevail based upon equal win-win relations.
Thank you.
References:
(1) "Is a Saudi-Israel Normalization Agreement on the Horizon?", September 28th 2023, The United States Institute of Peace
(2) "Saudi Arabia puts Israel deal on ice amid war, engages with Iran, sources say", October 13th 2023, Reuters
(3) "Blinken spars with Arab leaders in Amman over ceasefire call, says it’ll help Hamas", November 4th 2023, The Times of Israel
(4) "US hints at more strikes unless Iran-linked groups halt attacks", November 13th 2023, Reuters
(5) "Arab and Muslim leaders demand immediate end to Gaza war", November 12th 2023, Reuters
(6) "Iran's Raisi hails Hamas, urges Islamic states' sanctions on Israel", November 13th 2023, Reuters
(7) Trends In International Arms Transfers, 2022, March 2023, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect nor represent the policy or position of any government, party, or organization.