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Source: https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/views/2026/03/23/why-do-they-defend-iran
Why Some Arabs Still Justify Iran's Aggression
(Al Arabiya) Abdulrahman al-Rashed - There is a fundamental difference between those sitting in the audience as spectators and the victims who find themselves on the stage of events. Arabs who do not neighbor Iran do not feel its direct threat, nor do they see its proxies - such as the Houthis and Hizbullah - as an issue. In their thinking, the world is divided into black and white, reduced to Palestine and Israel. This is the result of a political and cultural discourse that justifies aggression. Only those who border Iran truly feel its danger and understand its vast military project, including missile capabilities, proxy networks, and ongoing security threats. This is grounded in a long history of attacks on these countries since the 1980s, unrelated to Palestine or the West. Others neither feel nor prioritize this threat, and many even deny its existence, simplifying the world into positions for or against Israel. The writer is the chairman of Al Arabiya's editorial board and former editor-in-chief of Asharq al-Awsat.