By Taghreed Saadeh
Arab 1: It is not acceptable for Iran to launch military strikes against our Arab countries or to interfere in order to impose control over political decision making, as is happening in Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, and North Africa.
Arab 2: You are a Zionist agent. Everyone should stand with Iran against the occupation and America; it is the one defending the dignity of Muslims.
Arab 1: Yes, all countries around the world, including Arab states, have rejected this war. However, we object to Iran redirecting the conflict toward our Arab countries, in Jordan and the Gulf. It is trying to weaken Arab states in order to tighten its control over them.
Arab 2: You support Israel. You are a Zionist agent.
Arab 1: I am certainly against Israel and what it is doing in Palestine and Lebanon, and I am also against Iran and what it is doing in Palestine and Lebanon.
Arab 2: You are an agent. You are siding with Israel against Iran.
Arab 1: I did not say that. I believe Iran is intervening in our countries in Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria, and it has influence in North Africa. It is trying to control Arab political decision making. I am also against occupation and against what Israel is doing in terms of aggression against our countries.
Arab 2: You are an agent. You are putting Iran and Israel on the same level.
Arab 1: I am explaining what is happening. Not supporting Iran does not mean supporting the occupation.
Arab 2: You are a Zionist agent.
And so the accusations of betrayal, Zionism, and lack of patriotism continue. At the same time, there is glorification of Iranian civilization and claims that it is superior, that it represents “the resistence” that will liberate Palestine, and that Arabs should submit to it and hand over political decision making because it is supposedly more capable of managing regional affairs.
There is also a rejection of the idea that Iran will not liberate Palestine, even when facts prove it, and even if its confrontation with Israel is primarily a struggle for regional influence rather than a genuine effort to liberate Palestine. Likewise, Iran’s support for certain factions is often framed as part of a proxy conflict, where Arabs bear the cost rather than Iran.
It is often said that Iranian missiles have “hurt” Israel, perhaps but without crossing red lines, suggesting that Iran maneuvers in pursuit of its own interests, not necessarily those of Arabs or of Palestine.
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