Arab social networking sites caught the news about the great Arab artist, Duraid Lahham, with his broad headline: “Duraid Lahham says:” Normalization is coming, and I am not against it. ” The websites were filled with comments denouncing Duraid Lahham’s position, some of which amounted to insults, accusing him of joining the recent Arab normalization choir and the rest of the artists from the “Peace” clowns.Did Duraid Lahham, the owner of well-known nationalist and Arab positions, really join the Arab “peace party”?
Let’s put it in context. The whole story was from an (remote) interview conducted by the Arabic channel for “CNN.” that. That »the American (CNNArabic) with the great artist lasted for 35 minutes in which the topics of the dialogue varied, and it was clear that Duraid Lahham answered in an extemporaneous manner without any arrangement or prior preparation. At the 8th minute of the interview, Duraid answered a question posed by the broadcaster regarding normalization and recent Arab / Israeli peace agreements, saying, literally: “Peace agreements, or what is called normalization, is coming, and I am not against it.” This is the clip that caused an uproar, and it was cut from the entire interview and used in the attack on Duraid Lahham, the agent who charges him. However, it is objective to say that Duraid Lahham completed his words, setting almost impossible conditions for the acceptance of peace and normalization. The following is the full text of Duraid Lahham’s remarks and his answer to the question related to normalization:
Peace agreements, or what is called normalization, is coming, and I am not against it on the condition that it be according to the Arab initiative that was proposed in 2002 at the Arab summit in Beirut and its conditions: that there be a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, a viable state. That the Palestinians be given the right of return. For Israel to return the occupied Arab lands to their countries. When these conditions are implemented, there is no obstacle to normalization or peace agreements.
So it is quite clear from the context that Lahham – and we do not forget that he is talking to a major American media outlet – is resorting to the same method that the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, and before him, President Gamal Abdel Nasser, used to reject peace and normalization with the Zionist entity, but at the same time Without appearing before the world as hostile to the idea of peace in principle (the abstract and absolute idea of ”peace” is a supreme human value that all human beings strive for) by setting a series of conditions for peace, which are of course right and the world can understand and accept, but they are impractical, impractical and unattainable with this The racist Zionist state called “Israel”. Can Israel accept the return of 8 million Palestinians ?! Certainly not, because that means its demise as a Jewish state and the end of the Zionist dream. Can Israel withdraw from Jerusalem and return it to the Palestinians to make it their capital ?! The answer is also no, because “Jerusalem” represents the symbolism of the Zionist dream and the basis on which the Jewish state project was based. These conditions set by Duraid Lahham are rather a matter of “raising the blame”, as they will not be fulfilled nor will he be normalized. As if he was saying to the broadcaster, “Si. that. That »: Let them implement it, then come back to me and ask me at the time for peace and normalization!
THE OWNER OF THE “OCTOBER MANOR” DID NOT PRINT, DID NOT VISIT “ISRAEL”, DID NOT MEET WITH THE ZIONISTS, DID NOT DANCE WITH THEM, AND DID NOT RAISE THEIR FLAGS
Another point related to Duraid Lahham’s reference (intended) to the Arab summit in 2002, which was chaired by the Lebanese President (resistance) Emile Lahoud. We recall that day the differences that arose between the Arab leaders due to Lahoud’s insistence on including an explicit text in the final statement stating “the rejection of all forms of resettlement”, in addition to resolving the Palestinian refugee issue on the basis of International Resolution 194 (meaning: the right of return), which is what actually happened by virtue Lahoud presidency of the summit. Indeed, Duraid Lahham did not stop at what we mentioned, but continued, saying: “I want to ask why a peace agreement between two states separated by 5 or 3 thousand kilometers?” What is the mutual risk between these two countries in order to come to work a peace agreement with a country with which you do not even have borders and are thousands of kilometers away from it ?! I am getting ready that the issue is a big international game to break up the Arab world ». He continued his words about the steps of normalization: “These steps are too much to be done. It would have been, certainly, according to the Arab initiative in 2002 … ». He restated the conditions again.
Thus, we see that Duraid Lahham – contrary to what is said about him on the means of communication – was not in the process of supporting normalization and the recent peace agreements, on the contrary, he opposed and criticized them as untimely, and does not adhere to the conditions required of the enemy to implement them before reaching the stage of peace with him.
From all of that, we get to the conclusion that Duraid Lahham did not print and will not be printed, not even he is with normalization! It is the extreme injustice, rather insignificance, to place it in the category of supporters of free and cheap Arab normalization, which we recently saw. All the sin committed by Duraid Lahham is a bad expression resulting from improvisation, when he began his answer with the phrase “normalization is coming, and I am not against it” while he was referring to something else entirely (explained and clarified immediately afterwards). Had it not been for that slip of the tongue, all his words would have been unmistakable.
The owner of the “October manor” did not print, did not visit “Israel”, did not meet the Zionists, did not dance with them, and did not raise their flags. The owner of “Kasak Oh Nation” did not talk about “scientific and economic cooperation” with “Israel”, nor did the owner of “weird” promote strawberries and “Israeli” avocados … and he will not.
Source: Al Akhbar Newspaper, by the Jordanian writer and researcher Hussam Abd Al – Karim
