Assessment of the UAE-Israel Rapprochement

The following assessment of the UAE-Israel rapprochement engineered by Mike Pompeo is being circulated worldwide today. There are forty-one signatures on it, including myself, from a number of different countries: The sinister alliance of the UAE with Zionist Israel, occupier of Palestine, is yet another black mark on the faces of some Arab rulers. This agreement did not just come from talks between Israel and the UAE. Rather, it came also out of the US' efforts to continue its hegemony in the region. The more than 70 years' colonization of a land, concomitant with murdering, torturing and imprisoning its inhabitants is indeed an undeniable crime and shouldn’t be tolerated by the international community. However, this new chapter in the history, this new pact between the Apartheid Entity of Israel and the UAE goes beyond the shameful past. It is, in fact, much more dangerous for the future. It distorts and misinforms the real chronicle of the region. The UAE rulers and those behind the scenes have targeted the Muslims solidarity and resistance while they try to normalize having ties with an apartheid and illegal regime, legitimizing its presence among the area’s nations. Did the 1978 acceptance of the Zionist regime by Egypt - self-proclaimed Arab world leader - help solve Israel's security problems? Did the Oslo Accords with the PLO in 1993 stop Israel’s crimes? Could the peace treaty with Jordan in 1994 legitimate Israel’s existence for all the Arabs and Muslims there? And will the recent arrangement with the UAE limit unlawful Zionist settlements? Will Trump politicize that deal and take some benefit from it in the upcoming US presidential elections? This recent incident is not a strategic development in West Asia, but a geo-strategic mistake by Abu Dhabi. Its nature is now clear not only to all governments across the globe but particularly to those nations in the region This is certainly an occasion to show dignity, independence, and honor for Muslim countries as well as all free peoples and independent thinkers globally. How can they do this? They can declare their opposition to this disgraceful coalition. Hence, we urge you to join your voice to ours in condemning this agreement. 1. Pr. Francis Boyle (USA); human rights lawyer, professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law 2. Pr. Farid Esack (South Africa); Professor in the Study of Islam at University of Johannesburg, appointed by as a gender equity commissioner by Nelson Mandela 3. Pr. Mazin Qumsiyeh (Palestine); Professor at Bethlehem University, director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History 4. Pr. Claudio Mutti (Italy); former professor of University of Bologna, Director of “Eurasia” quarterly journal of geopolitics 5. Pr. Rodney Shakespeare (UK); Political commentator & visiting professor of binary economics at Trisakti University 6. Pr. Lawrence Davidson (US) retired professor of history from West Chester University in Pennsylvania 7. Pr. Pierre Dortiguier (France); Philosopher and former University Professor 8. Dr. Michael Springmann (USA); former head of the American visa bureau in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 9. Dr. Philip Giraldi (USA); former CIA military intelligence officer, Director of the Council for the National Interest 10. Dr. Kevin Barrett (USA); One of the best-known critics of the War on Terror, former professor of Wisconsin University 11. Dr. Maria Poumier (France); former professor of Sorbonne University, Journalist & Documentary filmmaker 12. Dr. Bruno Drweski (France); Professor at National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations 13. Dr. Christian Bouchet (France); former politician, journalist, PhD in antropology 14. Michael Maloof (USA); Former Senior Security Policy Analyst at the office of secretary of Defense 15. Lord Nazir Ahmed (UK); member of the House of Lords 16. Samu Tamás Gergő (Hungary); former MP 17. Sara Flounders (USA); Co-Director for the International Action Center, antiwar activist 18. Abby Martin (USA); Journalist, TV presenter, host of “Breaking the Set” on RT & “The Empire Files” on Telesur 19. Iurie Roșca (Moldova); former Deputy Prime Minister & president of the Christian-Democratic People's Party 20. David Rovics (USA); Singer & Songwriter, antiwar musician 21. Edward Corrigan (Canada); The only lawyer certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in Citizenship & Immigration Law 22. David Lawley Wakelin (UK); documentary filmmaker 23. Greta Berlin (USA); Co-Founder: Free Gaza movement, Author: Freedom Sailors 24. Isabelle Coutant Peyre (France); International Lawyer 25. Muhammad al-Asi (USA); former lead prayer at the Islamic Center of Washington, religious leader, commentator of Quran 26. Richard Labévière (France); Writer and investigative Journalist, operational reserve officer of the French Navy 27. Ken O’keefe (Ireland); former US marine, antiwar activist and documentary maker 28. Father Dave Smith (Australia); Anglican priest & social activist 29. Eric Walberg (Canada); Writer and geopolitical expert 30. Jacob Cohen (France); Writer and Researcher on Freemasonry and Israel’s secret agencies 31. Gilles Munier (France); Investigative journalist and writer 32. Elizabeth Murray (USA); former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Middle East & former CIA analyst 33. Imad Hamrouni (France); Geopolitical commentator for France24, Al-Mayadeen, professor at Paris Geopolitics Academy 34. Dogan Bermek (Turkey); President of Alevi Philosophy Center, Religious Leader 35. Konrad Rekas (Scotland); Chairman of the Polish Yes for Scotland Association, Journalist 36. Tesha Teshanovic (Poland); Editor-in-chief of Balkan Info, Journalist 37. Andrew Korybko (USA); Political Analyst, GlobalResearch contributor 38. Jeff J. Brown (France); the China Trilogy, China Rising Radio Sinoland, China Tech News Flash! Bioweapon Truth Commission 39. James Perloff (USA); author and journalist 40. Tony Gosling (UK); Investigative Journalist 41. Bartosz Bekier (Poland); Editor in Chief of Xportal.