The attack of the Muslim Brotherhood's Gaza Franchise of Oct. 7 on Israel must have taken a long time to prepare. Months, a year, or even longer. At this point it is still speculation, but the question is, who exactly ordered or coordinated it? Although the Biden regime is denying it, the involvement of Iran is low hanging fruit (
link). The mullahs are the immediate beneficiaries of sabotaging the trilateral peace deal that Saudi Arabia, Israel and the US were negotiating at the time. Gaza is one of three eparchies ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood. The two others are Qatar and Turkey. At the very least, they must have known of the plans. Saturday's meeting of the 22 members of Arab League, which was also attended by 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) which includes Turkey and Iran, provides us with valuable information.
Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries called for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza.
They urged the International Criminal Court to investigate "war crimes" in the Palestinian territories, according to a final communique. It is harmless innuendo.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's trip to Saudi Arabia was the first by an Iranian head of state in a long time. Tehran and Riyadh formally ended years of hostility under a Chinese-brokered deal in March.
Erdogan of Turkey called for an international peace conference to find a permanent solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestinians (more on
Reuters), implicitly the two state solution that went nowhere since the failed Oslo Accords. Erdogan enigmatically said Jerusalem is "the red line", whatever that entails.
But if it wasn't for Mohammed bin Salman's superior brinkmanship the joint resolution might have been catastrophic for Israel and its Western allies. Although the voting was secret and we can't know how particular members voted, the understanding in the media was that four Arab countries prevented the worst.
Qatar's Al Jazeera journalist, Hashem Ahelbarra said that without consensus among the summit attendees, its outcomes are useless (
link).
The proposed joint statement that was rejected included:
1. Preventing provision of military equipment to Israel from US bases in Arab countries.
2. Temporary freezing of all diplomatic relations with Israel.
3. Using the threat of an oil embargo similar to 1973 as leverage.
4. Closing airspace to Israeli planes.
In fact, there are thought to be more countries that rejected the proposal: the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Bahrain, Sudan, Egypt and Jordan. The heavy statement was called for by: Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Libya and Yemen.
This illustrates the attitudinal difference between the Saudi bloc and the Iranian bloc vis a vis Israel and the West.
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