Gaza genocide: How Arab regimes became the enemy within
In a televised speech last month, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas crudely lashed out at Hamas, calling them “sons of dogs” and demanding that they disarm and release the remaining Israeli captives.
In his speech, he seemed to forget his previous plea to the “international community” for protection from the occupiers’ aggression in May 2023, when he addressed the United Nations.
“People of the world, protect us,” Abbas said. “Aren’t we human beings? Even animals should be protected. If you have an animal, won’t you protect it?”
This past February, Israeli media reported that Saudi Arabia had put forward a plan for Gaza centred on disarming Hamas and removing the group from power.
Arab and American sources told the Israel Hayom newspaper that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates would not participate financially or practically in the reconstruction of Gaza unless it was guaranteed that Hamas would surrender its weapons and play no role in postwar governance.