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What are the layers behind the Palestinian crisis of May 2021?
muftis hukm ahkam hukum hukam ahkaam riba ribaa sood usury ummah umma ummat duaa duas duaas supplication deen al-din ad-deen ad-dinLayers of the crisis: occupation, Gulf normalisation, Netanyahu's position, Arab buffer zones
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machinesummary, machine-writtenThe crisis has an occupation layer, which Mufti Abu Layth calls clear oppression and a crime against humanity, and a political layer: Gulf normalisation with Israel, Netanyahu's domestic insecurity and fear politics, and Arab neighbours' interest in a Palestinian buffer zone.
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Mufti Abu Layth introduces the Palestinian plight and Israeli injustice, saying the world is aware of the recent atrocities by Israel and that the situation is on the brink of full-scale war, and he makes dua for the Palestinians and all victims. He says the crisis has layers. The first is the illegal Israeli occupation and expansion, most recently a court ruling to forcibly remove Palestinians from a number of homes, which he says has been spoken against in the United Nations Security Council and by the global community and parts of the media, and which he calls clear oppression and a crime against humanity. He says there is a religious aspect, to come later, and a political layer in which the crisis is riddled with politics given a veneer of religion or resistance. Among the political elements he lists the newly normalised relations between the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel, which he says have passed this test since they have not reacted; Netanyahu's precarious domestic position with elections and investigations, and the old trick of fear, since research shows frightened people lean to the right; and the interest of Arab neighbours in keeping Palestine as a buffer, the West Bank for Jordan and Gaza for Egypt. He adds that only Allah knows what else is at play behind the scenes.
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Mufti Abu Layth says the Palestinian crisis has an occupation layer, the illegal Israeli occupation and forced removals that are clear oppression and a crime against humanity, and a political layer involving Gulf normalisation with Israel, Netanyahu's domestic position and Arab neighbours' interest in a buffer zone.
“i mean there are layers to this crisis one layer is that of the illegal israeli occupancy that they have moved in illegally they have expanded”
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the palestinian plight and israeli injustice the whole world is a way of the recent tragic atrocities that have been carried out by israel against the palestinians
in recent days it is now as we speak on the brink of a full scale war what are my thoughts on this i've spoken previously that there are certain layers to this issue to the to the gaza or palestinian crisis issue first and foremost we make the art that may allah grantees
to the palestinians and protect them and any who are struggling or victims worldwide i mean there are layers to this crisis one layer is that of the illegal israeli occupancy that they have moved in illegally they have expanded and of late what we saw in the area where the court had ruled to forcibly remove palestinians from a set number of
homes and to forcibly occupy those homes as part of the israeli expansionism so that's a clear layer that has been um that has been spoken against in the united nations security council um the the global community has made clear its outrage on these matters even recent media has to some part um some parts of it has uh has been fear in highlighting this issue against when speaking against for example the israeli ambassador
and other diplomats this is clearly an oppression forcibly taking something property land usurping it wealth um and just devastating the original inhabitants leaving them homeless and just telling them to just go fend for yourself or become refugees this is clearly part of a a crime against humanity there are other layers to this conflict as well
so amongst them a religious aspect but we'll come to that in a moment then you have politics and unfortunately most of this gaza crisis and the palestinian plight is is actually riddled in immense politics which at times is um given a veneer of religion or resistance by other elements in the international community so part of this just to to throw some
elements in there is one the newly found gulf relationship the uh you know the normalization of relations between the gulf between the uae saudi arabia egypt and israel because they've been normalizing relations now so part of this tests the the fabric of that newly found friendship and and it seems to have stood
uh the test because they've not reacted another element political element is netanyahu seems to have found himself to be [Music] quite unfavorable politically in israel with upcoming elections there's certain investigations against him things like this which have left him quite his his position they've left it quite precarious and insecure so the oldest uh trick in the trade fear whenever
a people there's been a lot of uh sociological studies recently on whenever people feel um afraid feel more frightened there's just an impending uncertainty in the year people often resort to more conservative values they tend to lean in towards the right that's what a lot of research demonstrates so that's another angle of what seems to be going on then there is uh an element of the
arab neighbors who are always to some extent they are glad that there is a buffer of palestine between them and israel so the west bank for jordan uh gaza strip for isr for egypt you see these buffers allow them not to be direct neighbors in that sense or on that part with israel because they now they themselves have a sense of insecurity and fear so to some extent it serves their own personal
uh interests to maintain a palestine palestinian buffer between them and israel these are just some of the issues that we are aware of allah knows what really is going on behind the scene how many other countless variables are at play we genuinely do not know moving to what can be actually done now here this matter becomes incredibly complex
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