By Syed Abul A’la Maududi
A few things get very clear when we deeply understand the nature, sensitivity and importance of the Palestine issue.
Firstly, the Jews have been successful in their plans because the great powers of the world threw their weight behind them (the Jews) without an end in sight to this behaviour in the future. Israel would go to any extent in committing crimes against humanity. Of course, it is not without the US backing.
Secondly, the expectations from the socialist block will not be fruitful. They (members of the socialist block) will never take risk of holing the hand of Israel. You can only buy weapons from the socialist block and that too on a condition that you embrace socialism and ban Islam throughout the country.
Thirdly, the United Nations can do nothing. Though, it has the privilege to pass resolutions. The UN is completely helpless to stop Israeli atrocities.
Fourthly, the power of Arab states is nothing against Israel. This has been proved by the 22 years of experience. There is only one condition left to save Masjid Aqsa and Medina ie to gather all the Muslim powers to face the Jewish threat and protect the holy places of Islam.
The worst mistake made in the past was that the Palestine issue had been projected as an Arab issue. The Muslims of the world believed that this is an issue of Islam and Muslims but some Arab leaders insisted that it was just an Arab issue.
Thank God that they have realised and understood after the incident of Al-Aqsa Mosque that Arabs alone cannot confront a great international conspiracy of Zionists particularly when they (Zionists) have the support of the great powers of the world.
If 16 million Jews are a power in this world so 70-75 million Muslims can also become power and there are 30-32 governments spread from Indonesia to northern Africa. If their leaders sit together to find a solution and Muslims living all around the world support them, then finding a solution to this problem will not an uphill task. Insha’Allah.
Any world conference that intends to take up this issue needs to be conveyed that the real issue is not just the protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque as Al-Aqsa Mosque cannot stay safe as long as Bayt al-Maqdas is under the occupation of Jews. And Bayt al-Maqdas itself cannot be secured as long as Jews occupy Palestine.
So the real issue is freeing Palestine from the occupation of the Jews. The simplest and clearest solution is that only those Jews have a right to live there who had been living in Palestine before the Balfour Declaration and all those who were moved in or came from outside after 1917 should go back.
Through conspiracy and meanness, these people have occupied the country of another nation. And then they converted it into a nation state. As it was not enough, they started an endless series of occupying more land through aggressive expansion plans. Their intention of aggression toward many other nations has been written on the face of their parliament. The existence of such an aggressive state is itself a crime and a threat to international peace. For the Muslim world, Israel, with its aggressive plans, poses a great threat to the holy places of the Muslims. Now the existence of this state cannot be tolerated anymore and it should be wiped out.
There should be a democratic state of the native people of Palestine where old native Jews should also have the same civilian rights as Arab Muslims and Christians.
The occupants coming from outside must leave. They are falsely claiming this country as their homeland and turning it into a nation state by force. There is no solution to the Palestine issue other than this. As far as the USA is concerned, the country has been supporting these occupants by setting aside all the moral values. So now the time has come that Muslims from all over the world should clearly warn the USA that if their behaviour remains the same then there will not be a single Muslim on the face of the earth who will have a soft heart for them. Now the USA has to decide how far it can go in support of the Jews.
