In the face of the military and security war waged by America and Israel against Iran, the Arab states are adopting a misleading media war that serves this aggression. Recently, an intense media campaign, spearheaded by Gulf and Saudi media outlets in particular, has escalated, seeking to promote and entrench the notion that the Israeli and Iranian threats are equal to what they call Arab national security. This propaganda relies on portraying the region as an arena of conflict between two expansionist projects, Zionist and Persian, in an attempt to reshape Arab collective consciousness away from the centrality of the Palestinian cause. However, this argument clashes with a glaring contradiction, which lies—at its core—in the American role. How can this equation be accepted when Washington—the close ally and director of these media outlets—is itself the existential supporter of the Israeli project and the sworn enemy of the Iranian project? This makes this media discourse appear as a political tool to justify new alliances under the guise of "confronting common dangers."
Contradictory and Embarrassing Propaganda
This inherently contradictory argument clashes with the solid reality of these countries' alliances and relationships with the United States. The Israeli entity represents a project supported absolutely and directly by Washington militarily, politically, and economically, while Iran is classified as a strategic enemy of the United States and has been subjected to the most severe forms of unjust sanctions and embargoes for the past five decades. This stark and stark contrast proves that equating the two ignores the fact that America cannot support an expansionist project (the Israeli entity) while simultaneously fighting another if both target the Arab world in the same way and for the same objectives. Indeed, American hostility towards Iran stems primarily from the conflict between its policies and American interests, and its outspoken rejection of the Israeli presence in the region.
Moreover, the Gulf and some Arab platforms that adopt this propaganda find themselves in a logically embarrassing position. It is allied with Washington in security and military matters, without which the Zionist entity would not have been able to remain in the region. So how can one rely on a claim that equates an enemy embraced by America (Israel) with a party that America is fighting (Iran), while the promoters of this claim are Washington's allies?! This indicates that the goal of this propaganda is not to protect the nation as much as it is to redefine the "enemy" in accordance with the American agenda, and to divert the compass from the fundamental conflict with the Zionist occupation to create side conflicts that drain the region's resources.
Schadenfreude: A Sign of Moral Decline
Furthermore, the propagandistic behavior of those promoting this narrative reveals a moral and ethical contradiction that exposes their true motives. While claiming that the two dangers are equal, they openly gloat when Iranian leaders are targeted or when Iran is subjected to military strikes. They even engage in organized campaigns of fear-mongering aimed at exaggerating American and Israeli power and portraying it as an insurmountable fate, while systematically downplaying the capabilities of Iran and the axis of resistance. This subservient promotion of Zionist-American power proves that these individuals do not see Israel as an existential enemy of the nation, as they claim, but rather as the superior power they wish would eliminate their regional rival (Iran). This transforms their talk of equal enmity into nothing more than a ridiculous and transparent propaganda cover for a political stance entirely biased towards the Western project targeting the nation and the region.
US Bases Expose the False Propaganda
The widespread presence of US military bases in the region confirms beyond any doubt the nature of this alignment. These bases represent a unified command and control system that prioritizes the security of the Israeli entity above all else for Washington, and consequently, for the host countries, whether they like it or not—though we believe they are complicit and supportive.
Accepting these bases, which provide direct protection for the Zionist entity and serve as launching pads to prevent any real deterrence against it, constitutes complete alignment with the Israeli project, and even participation in its protection. Therefore, these countries' hostility toward Iran does not stem from genuine concerns about sovereignty, but rather is a duty dictated by subservience to this project. Those who open their lands and airspace to ensure Israeli superiority cannot claim to be equidistant from two threats; in reality, they are fighting the party that poses the only real threat to the Zionist-American hegemony under which they seek refuge.
Palestine: A Compass Revealing the Truth of Positions
In a related matter, those who propagate this propaganda attempt to separate Palestine and its just cause from one's stance towards it, claiming that standing with its people cannot be evidence of a righteous position. Palestine is the true test of the nation's conscience, the true litmus test between sincerity and hypocrisy. It is a matter of faith and action that cannot be sustained by mere heartfelt love while hands are tied or complicit. Whoever stands with Palestine today, with their clear words and costly actions, is testifying to their own sincerity in a time when siding with the truth has become a burden, not a gain, a price paid by the honorable with their blood and resources. As for attempts to downplay the conflict, or to equate the historical enemy with other regional parties under the guise of multiple projects, these are nothing but false masks used to conceal the shame of inaction and justify subservience to the Zionist-American project. The undeniable truth is that whoever facilitates Israel's survival and takes refuge in the rules of its protector cannot claim to be concerned about a nation whose Palestinian side he was the first to stab.
Iran: An American Scarecrow for Blackmail
Finally, the reality on the ground shows that Washington is using the Iranian scarecrow as a tool to blackmail its Arab allies, ensuring their subservience and their constant demand for protection, while simultaneously imposing Israel as an untouchable, dominant reality. Equating Iran with Israel in targeting the Arab nation serves the Zionist project strategically, as it grants it indirect absolution by presenting Iran as a potential ally or a necessary evil to confront another threat that exists only in the imagination of Zionists. This is nothing but a prelude to liquidating the Palestinian cause under the pretext of confronting shared regional threats, all under American auspices, within a project that, God willing, will not succeed in the region.
