Palestine Foundation Information Center
By: Dr. Sabir Abu Maryam
Secretary General, Palestine Foundation Pakistan
According to commonly available statistics, the current global population stands at 8.2 billion. Out of this, the total Jewish population is approximately 15 million. Half of them around 7.6 million are identified as Zionists, and it is this group that is presently occupying the sacred land of Palestine.
The ideological roots of Zionism can be traced back to the era of Napoleon Bonaparte. The movement later surged under Theodor Herzl towards the end of the 19th century. Subsequent support from the United States and the United Kingdom further strengthened Zionism, enabling it to advance the occupation of Palestine. Ultimately, in 1948, Israel emerged as an illegitimate state, established through this Zionist project. Thus, those who seized Palestine were Zionist Jews.
It is also a separate but important debate that in the modern era, alongside Christian Zionism, Muslim Zionism has also taken shape.
It is absolutely correct that millions of Jews across the world are not involved in anti-Muslim activities. Not only that many authentic Jewish communities openly oppose Zionism and condemn the illegitimate Zionist state of Israel.
However, a critical question arises: How is it that only 7.6 million Zionist Jews are destabilizing global peace, while the United States, the UK, and other Western powers continue to provide them with extensive financial, diplomatic, and military support?
One major reason is that Western powers require an instrument in the West Asian region to maintain their dominance and control over resources under the guise of neo-colonialism. Israel, established on occupied Palestinian land, serves exactly that purpose. This is why Western colonial powers conspired to gather Zionists from across the world, settle them in Palestine, and pave the way for them to seize control of the land.
Today, these few hundred thousand Zionists are not only occupying Palestine but are engaged in the genocide of its people. For the past 78 years, Palestinians have been subjected to forced displacement and systematic oppression. The objective has remained the same: to erase Palestinians from their homeland and secure absolute Zionist control over the region’s land and maritime routes that serve the geopolitical and economic interests of the US, the UK, and other Western regimes.
All Muslim-majority countries surrounding Palestine are now exposed to the threat of Zionism. For decades, Zionists have dreamed of occupying Syria and Lebanon, and indeed, they control several areas. The recent open acts of aggression and bombings by Israel in Lebanon and Syria further prove that a small number of Zionists, backed by American support, are terrorizing the Muslim populations of the region.
After Syria and Lebanon, these few hundred thousand Zionists have also carried out terrorist attacks on sovereign states like Iran and Qatar. Iran has responded robustly to such aggression, but Qatar has not taken any retaliatory measures that could deter the Zionists. Similarly, Zionist attacks against Yemen continue unabated. Iraq too has been targeted repeatedly, and Zionist conspiracies persist there to this day. In Sudan, Libya, and several other countries, we can clearly observe the footprints of Zionist-backed terrorism and destabilization.
What is astonishing is that Zionists have chosen only Muslim countries as battlegrounds, countries rich in natural resources and mineral wealth,while Europe and Western nations have never faced the kind of Zionist wars and terrorism inflicted upon Muslim lands. It appears to be a calculated strategy in which the US, UK, and other European powers support this small Zionist minority to subjugate Muslim nations and assert Western supremacy across the world. For this purpose, the Zionists occupying Palestine are being used as a tool.
Now, the real question arises: How can 7 to 8 million Zionists subdue a Muslim population of 300 million spread across 57 countries?
Despite such a vast disparity, the rulers of the Muslim world continue to bow before the United States, seek alliances with Israel, and hesitate to assist the Palestinian people.
In summary, the internal differences and lack of unity among Muslim countries have empowered these few hundred thousand Zionists,backed by the US and the UK, to decide the fate of 300 million Muslims. They can attack any country they wish, engage in terrorism, assassinate leaders, commit open genocide in Gaza, kill journalists, and violate international law with impunity, because there is no united Muslim front to stop them.
All these challenges can be resolved if the leaders of the Muslim world commit themselves to unity, mutual cooperation, and collective defense. Economic collaboration, technological exchange, and joint strategies against common threats are essential. If Muslim nations unite, then these few hundred thousand Zionists would hold no significance, despite the political and military support they receive from the US, UK, France, and other Western governments.
With Muslim unity, the liberation of Palestine becomes possible. Israeli aggression against Syria and Lebanon would end. No country would dare violate the sovereignty of Qatar or any other Muslim state. Unity among Muslim nations is the greatest need of the hour, and the only solution to the challenges faced by the Islamic world.
