Political Sunni Islam and Zionism; the Historic Alliance In The Middle East

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Erdogan during the fifth UN Alliance of civilizations Forum in Vienna, Austria on 02/27/2013.

Turkey’s prime minister and its Islamist Party leader Erdogan statement equating Zionism with fascism is wrong and offensive and simply not smart and patronizing.

Erdogan’s offence is like attacking the political Islam that he claims that he represents in Turkey and tries to sell in the Middle East. Or even like attacking Islam itself. The religions Judaism and Islam both embody social and political and spiritual teachings; they can organize by the mere words in their Good Books the lives and politics of their followers.

The State of Israel and Zionism are like Turkey and political Islam or like Saudi Arabia and other countries in the MiddleEast; period. Erdogan asked the UN conference in Vienna to confront Islamophobia but in the same statement, he attacked Zionism which is the idea of the State of Israel and is found in Judaism. His words do not multiply and do not add up and do not help the cause he is leading which is to confront Islamophobia.

By attacking Zionism, Erdogan immediately discredited his demand to protect Islam from hate and attacks. If Erdogan has equated Zionism with the Political Islam and asked to protect both, then he would have been considered a world leader and would have built a momentum for his demand to protect Islam.

I’m going to put Turkey under the microscope, the Turks are playing multiple political games simultaneously; the Arab countries and the State of Israel, the EU, Syria and of course the big ones, political Sunni Islam and Zionism.

Turkey is a major player in NATO and in the overall US strategic policy in the Middle East. But Turkey also plays the role of the cheerleader of political Sunni Islam; the heart of the religion of Islam as a system of governing and not just a religion. The Turks history in the Middle East during the Ottoman Empire was one of the darkest in the history of the Arabs.

The Arab countries in the Middle East should not be fooled by Turkish political rhetoric but should voice concerns about Turkey patronizing them. The Arab countries in The Middle East are so desperate for leadership that they look at the Turks for help.

Turkey is not there to help and it should not be anyway, Arab countries in the Middle East should look inward for cooperation including building bridges with Israel and for Israel to build bridges with them. Israel is closer to the Arab countries than Turkey by engaging in tough negotiations and hard politics, the Palestinians and the Arabs are forced to face reality for the first time in their history; that reality is that you have to earn credentials and earn what you ask for through self reliance and through smart negotiations.

And in the process and through hard negotiations and tough politics, Israel is evolving and its identity is becoming more and more conclusive and it is preparing its people for the inevitable; a Palestinian State in Gaza and the West Bank….and normality with the Arab and Muslim countries.

On the other hand, the history of the Arabs in The Middle East is a history of people that love to be fooled and be patronized, I think it’s enough, probably; maybe the Arabs need to try something else and hear different voices. The time is now for the Arab countries and the State of Israel to forge historic alliance similar to the EU.  Israel is helping the Arab countries including the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank to build character. Turkey, however, is “helping” them, getting more and more patronized.

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http://www.wespeaknews.com/politics/political-sunni-islam-and-zionism-the-historic-alliance-in-the-middle-east-149022.html