The U.S., Israel and other countries which are trying to maintain
the hegemony of their interests in the Middle East and are
broadly interfering in the internal affairs of various countries
which refuse to go along with them, claim that the main danger to
the region does not come from themselves but from
"fundamentalism" led by Iran.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres was at Yale
University in New Haven, Connecticut on February 11 to deliver a
speech. He claimed the Middle East was being threatened by a
"fundamentalist movement" led by Iran. Even though the
imperialists and reactionaries claim this is a "religious"
movement and they call on "Jews, Muslims and Christians" to
"unite against such fundamentalism," their real fear was revealed
by Peres when he said that the "fundamentalist movement" is
trying "to shake up and endanger practically every existing
system in the Arab world. And its headquarters are today in a
single country - In Iran."
This, therefore, is an issue of political differences
between countries with different systems. Such problems must be
sorted out by removing all foreign imperialist forces from the
region, stopping their interference in the internal affairs of
independent states, such as Iraq, Algeria, Lebanon, Libya and
other countries, and letting the people sort out their problems
on the basis of their own sovereignty.
Shawgi Tell
University at Buffalo
Graduate School of Education
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