[ALGEMEINER] The Paleostinian cause is "no longer a top priority" for the Arab world, a Saudi journalist declared earlier this month.
In an article published by the Saudi daily Al Jazirah newspaper -- and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) -- Muhammad Aal al-Sheikh wrote that the reliance of radical Paleostinian groups on armed resistance "constitutes a kind of political suicide that only political ignoramuses [can] condone."
According to al-Sheikh, a two-state solution to the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict is the sole option "that can be demanded and which enjoys the support of most of the international community."
What the Paleostinians, al-Sheikh went on to say, "need to understand is that the Arabs of today are not the Arabs of yesterday, and that the Paleostinian cause has lost ground among Arabs. This cause is no longer a top priority for them, because civil wars are literally pulverizing four Arab countries, and because fighting the ’Islamic’ terrorism is the foremost concern that causes all Arabs, without exception, to lose sleep. It is folly to ask someone to sacrifice [tending to] his own problems and national interests in order to help [you solve] your own problems."
"All I can say to my Paleostinian brethren is that stubbornness, contrariness, and betting on the [support of] the Arab masses are a hopeless effort, and that ultimately you are the only ones who will pay the price of this stubbornness and contrariness," he concluded.
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