Mshari Al-Zaydi: A Saudi journalist and expert on Islamic movements and Islamic fundamentalism as well as Saudi affairs. Mshari is Asharq Al-Awsat’s opinion page Editor, where he also contributes a weekly column. Has worked for the local Saudi press occupying several posts at Al -Madina newspaper amongst others. He has been a guest on numerous news and current affairs programs as an expert on Islamic extremism.
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Some things I immediately notice in this editorial piece, if I may call it that: that there is no mention of what the people who are there want in the way of government.
The Jews are never mentioned. BIG MISTAKE but not surprising since the author is Saudi Arabian, and they think of the Jews as only a subservieant people, undeserving of self rule, much less their own nation.
There is no consideration whatsoever of what exitstant populations there, in the Middle East, want in the way of government.
Postulations are complex. Solutions should always be simple and elegant in the end.
Interesting article — especially the way the author brings it all home by indulging in his own ‘fantasy’ in the final couple of paragraphs....
A sign of how intractable the situation is - even those who have a somewhat clear picture of the situation can only come up with, essentially, “and then I woke up and it was only a dream”.....
What ever happened to the concept of “bloom where you are planted”. Blaming ‘someone’ who put artificial borders around your grandfather for your own failures is not constructive. There are many people in the middle east claiming the same pieces of property for religious, ethnic, historic, or cultural reasons. They can’t hall have them. Get over it.