{(Why the West and Israel both are antipathetic to new born Egypt after its transition from about six decades military dictatorship to the civilian rule by Dr. Muhammad Morsi, the newly elected president. A Turkish columnist Cumali Onal's nice piece of writing accounts for the reasons. Israel was proud of its democracy and her being only democratic state in the region has always been one of the biggest logic behind America's inarticulate backing for Israel. Due to this they held Israel a civilized society and the Arabs around her unenlightened people. Israel wanted this unenlightened situation exist for long to get its democratic status highly cashed from the West and particularly from America. Now very soon it is going to be very clear that under the democracy flourishing under the Muslim Brotherhood is far most endeavoring and auspicious for not only the Egyptian people but for whole of the Arab region. This democratic state has started to be a prickle for Israel leaving her not only a democratic state. Secondly, the dealing of the military dictators with Israel has always been against the interests and desires of the Egyptian people. Now it is going to be so. Israel now expects not the same what there used to be under Sadat and Hosni Mubarak.) Munir Ahmed Khalili}
CUMALİ ÖNAL c.onal@todayszaman.com
Attacks by the Western and Israeli media on the Muslim
Brotherhood and its candidate, Mohamed Morsi, and their disinformation efforts
during the presidential election sometimes exceeded the bounds of reason and
knowledge. The Egyptian media were not better than those countries’ media in
this regard at all.
So what’s behind these attacks? Are they really afraid of the Muslim
Brotherhood as a religious movement? Or that this movement is a terrorist
network?
Absolutely not! If it was the religious aspect of the movement that that
media had been afraid of, the actual target would be Saudi Arabia, where Islamic
rules are applied most severely, or the religious propaganda of Iran would more
be on the agenda today rather than Iran’s nuclear program.
The real cause is that a democratic Egypt will not serve the interests of the
West and Israel.
Why is Israel one of the leading countries that remain silent about the
massacres taking place in Syria today? Syria and Israel do not have friendly
ties. Nevertheless, President Bashar al-Assad’s regime is the most favorable
regime for Israel. Despite small tensions taking place from time to time between
Syria and Israel, and although Israel has dropped bombs over some parts of Syria
in the past, the two countries have not come to the brink of war in the last 40
years.
The same is also true for Egypt. Today, Egypt, which is led by the Muslim
Brotherhood, will not serve the interests of the US and Israel at all if it is
not forced to do so by those countries. This is because the people, who voted
for the movement and its party, will not let them serve the interests of those
countries.
Why do the Western and Israeli media frequently bring the Camp David Accords
(a peace treaty that was signed between Egypt and Israel in 1978, ending 30
years of war between the countries) into the spotlight? This is because this
accords guarantee the existence of Israel. If this agreement is annulled, the
existence of Israel will begin to be thoroughly questioned.
A democratic Egypt will likely question the enduring Israeli occupation (in
some parts of Palestine). Do the Egyptian people and the democratic regime of
Egypt approve of the situation in the West Bank and Gaza, which are currently
have been turned into “open-air prisons”?
Can Iran, which acts freely thanks to the presence of the US in the Middle
East, create a threat for Arab countries supporting Egypt? The current presence
of the US in the region not only constitutes a guarantee for Saudi Arabia, Qatar
and the royal families in other Gulf countries, but also constitutes a guarantee
for Iran’s expansionism. If the influence of Iran spreads from India to the
Mediterranean today, the reasons behind it can be put down to the US and Western
countries.
The internalization of democracy in Egypt will be a beacon of hope, without
doubt, for Egypt and for the Arab world. The vast majority of the population in
Egypt today lives below the poverty line. The main reasons are the regime of
Hosni Mubarak, who oppressed his people for years, and his predecessors. The
same situation is also true of other Arab countries.
However, the Western world and Israel never cared about the situation of the
Arab countries at all. The only thing they cared about was their interests.
It is probable that the Muslim Brotherhood will take their rightful place on
the world stage within the next few years if they act by making the right
assessments about the problems facing the country and the world.
For now, a democratic Egypt led by Mohamed Morsi, the candidate of the Muslim
Brotherhood, should closely examine countries that have achieved economic,
political and international success, primarily Turkey.
Everybody knows that how different Turkey is today from the Turkey which was
only fulfilling the directives of the Western world 10 years ago. However,
Turkey did not accomplish this difference by creating tensions with the Western
world, Israel or its neighboring countries. On the contrary, Turkey has made
great efforts to assuage the fears of these countries.
Turkey has made even greater efforts to become a member of the EU. Turkey
has developed its relations with the US more, although they had completely
opposite ideas on issues regarding Iran, Iraq and Israel. Relations with its
neighboring countries changed slightly after the Arab revolutions, and Turkey
established more pragmatic relationships with them.
Morsi, who was raised by the Muslim Brotherhood, which was subject to
oppression by regimes for years, should deal with the country’s economy as a
priority if he wants to have a strong say in the international arena. If Egypt’s
economy stabilizes, it will also be successful in other areas.
In reality, Turkey is not a country that is completely settled in political,
social, diplomatic and other areas today. However, because it successfully turns
the wheels of its economy, the problems are not brought into the spotlight very
much. Unfortunately, if Turkey’s economic development stops or slows down, the
other problems in the country will come to the
forefront.
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