Critique of Middle Eastern Leadership

What has transpired in Gaza is genocide.

We reject Israeli aggressions which undermines peace and security.

Religious hatred

must have no place in this world.

We seek a democratic Palestinian state that

respects the rule of law and human rights.

Lasting peace in West Asia is impossible without

justice for Palestine. As long as occupation,

aggression, and injustice persist in the world,

resistance will

continue.

Now we will proceed with the list of speakers for non-governmental

organizations.

As a Muslim, I listened carefully as Muslim countries

lectured on human

rights, and I have a few questions for them.

I ask the Islamic Republic of Iran,

if you care about injustice, why did you open fire on Iranian

protesters, massacring tens of thousands of people who

called for

freedom?

Qatar, if you care about genocide, why did you harbor and fund the

Hamas terrorists who actually attempted genocide on October 7th?

Syria, if you care about peace and security, why

are you slaughtering your

Alawites and Druze and other minorities?

Pakistan, if you care about religious freedom,

why did you sentence

a Christian woman to death, Shagufta Kiran, for

allegedly sharing a WhatsApp message about the age issue in Islamic

marriage?

And Mahmoud Abbas, if you seek a democratic Palestinian

state,

why are you now in the twenty-second year of your four-year term?

Mr. President,

Israel did not deny Iranians their freedom.

Israel did not slaughter Syria's minorities.

Israel did not cause Abbas to rule as an unelected president for

life. These governments did that to their own people.

Yet, in this hall, they point their fingers at Israel

and demand

that we look away. I grew up in Yemen.

I know how our Arab leaders teach us to blame all of our problems on

Jews and Israel. But our problem in the Middle East

is neither Israel

nor the Jews. It is the Islamist dictatorships

that brutalize

our people, then offer us Israel as a scapegoat.