The surprise move, in a declaration endorsed on Tuesday by the 22 member nations of the Arab League, also condemned Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, which set off the devastating war in Gaza.

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    13 hours ago

    The Gulf despots (and the ones in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait) are shit-scared of Arab democracy and have never actually done anything meaningful to help the Palestinians, besides setting up some refugee camps and treating the inhabitants as a source of contagion.

    The last thing the Gulfies want to see is any Arab government with any legitimacy. It would make their own people, and the vast underclass of TCNs, start asking awkward questions.

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      12 hours ago

      Definitely true, but that’s one thing and calling for Palestinians to stop fighting in the middle of a genocide is another. My point is that the declaration in the article isn’t saying that even though the headline makes it seem so. This declaration should be seen fo what it is: A vague platitude that doesn’t change the fact that they’re a bunch of traitors (which, to be clear, isn’t restricted to the Gulf; Egypt and Jordan for example aren’t much better).