Dr Rabia bin Sabah Al Kuwari
Hassan Nasrallah has become a outcast among Arabs and Muslims, as well as in the West. His reputation is on the decline, including among the Lebanese people, who want him removed from Lebanese territory by any means, because he neither believes in any principle nor respects his Arab neighbours.
He doesn’t pay heed to countries which promote unity and cooperation between people. It requires strong determination to confront his lies in the media through a planned response that can channel things in the right direction.
Recently, one of the paid television stations aired a vulgar and arrogant speech by Nasrallah in which he used abusive and insulting words against Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states.
He has become accustomed to using despicable language and chooses words with dual meaning before conducting his video interviews. He is interested only in doing what his masters in Tehran order him to do.
Nasrallah has been using his speeches as a tool to proclaim a holy war against Sunnis, and the people of the Gulf in particular.
If Nasrallah thinks that victory has been achieved by occupying Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, and that Yemen is the next stop for him, he should know that all days are not the same and every period has its own leaders.
The people of Iraq, for example, will not be happy with Iran occupying their land, turning it into an Iranian province after looting its wealth, exporting its treasures worth billions of dollars, and putting the money in the pockets of the former Iranian prime minister and his assistant.
I’m sure that the people of Iraq are heroes and will soon lead an uprising to liberate their homeland from Iranian colonialism; this will happen sooner or later.
One of the contradictions in Nasrallah’s last speech was: “We cannot wipe Israel out of existence; if we say so we are kidding ourselves.”
Iran has said exactly the opposite in the past: “We will not let Israel exist and will direct our missiles to its depths and liberate Palestine… Death to America and Israel.”
Those are empty words intended to mislead the Muslim world.
The decision taken by the GCC countries to launch Operation Decisive Storm to restore the legitimate Yemeni government was the right action to put an end to Persian threats and ambitions before they surround the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula from various sides.
Nasrallah, the puppet, works to achieve the aspirations of the expansionist Persian state, which is yet to engage with and learn from the Arab civilization.
Today the Arab region in general and the Arabian Gulf in particular are threatened by Iran, whose cards have been exposed. But the fact is that one day all occupiers will pay the price.
Perhaps the most important thing in such crises is to activate the Gulf media in a professional and thoughtful way to foster unity in our societies and improve our relations with the outside world.
Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian and Persian media outlets work to belittle the efforts of the GCC. We have the funds needed to confront this politicised media during Operation Decisive Storm.
That will be achieved only through professional media outlets that serve the interests of the people, promote freedom of speech, publish information responsibly, have high professional standards, have transparency and convey the right views and ideas, are objective and balanced and avoid biased opinions, and respect Arab and Islamic values.
This media policy must achieve the following objectives:
In order to enhance cooperation between the GCC states the media needs to launch programmes that address our issues and concerns, launch satellite channels to counter media outlets that attack us, and raise awareness among young people about the dangers of what is published about us.
It should deepen the spirit of the Gulf citizenship in order to enhance unity among Gulf citizens; support the security and stability of the Gulf society and spread the culture of dialogue.
It must also develop awareness of political, social, cultural and economic issues.
In addition, it should support cooperation and integration between formal and informal institutions in the Gulf.
To strength cooperation with other countries, the media should promote the civilization, culture and achievements of the GCC states and project a positive image of the countries and people of the Gulf.
It should shape public opinion by establishing satellite channels that air content in foreign languages, especially the languages of the neighbouring countries, and work to strengthen the GCC’s position in the Arab and Islamic worlds.
Finally, the Gulf states should launch several Persian-language satellite channels to confront Iran and raise awareness about the helpless Persian people.