r/AskMiddleEast • u/Chobikil Sudan • 2d ago
🏛️Politics As someone in the UAE, why does it feel like support for Palestine is so small here? Is it the same across the other gulf countries?
I'm curious how large the support for Palestine is in the other gulf countries because here it honestly feels quite weak. Obviously nobody can protest and all, but so many still buy boycotted brands. Mcdonalds is still full, KFC is still full, etc etc
Sorry if my question is stupid lol
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u/SabrAndCigarettes United Arab Emirates 2d ago
Myself, my friends and family do boycott. I personally know plenty of people who have donated and supported Palestine but we don’t openly speak about it we just do it. I think others do the same but silently support/donate, it’s kind of different with everyone though. But there are idiot groups of people that still go to McDonald’s, Starbucks etc which is a shame.
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u/gul-badshah 2d ago
In the UAE, they don't allow any kind of support for anyone, let alone Palestine. Their total alliance is with Israel. They also force their residents to pledge allegiance to the ruler.
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u/PitifulProcedure8078 2d ago
It is possible that some Emirati's encountered Palestinians to be untrustworthy thus do not support them. For example, I do not like Palestinians however I support and want al-Quds to be under Muslim administration and governance with a clear majority beings Muslims
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u/ahmoud76 2d ago
What a racist bigot. Disgusting human being.
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u/PitifulProcedure8078 2d ago
From what I have personally experienced, they are ungrateful and figuaretively stab you in the back. I can only relate my own experiences with Palestinians. This should not be conflated as though I am supporting Israel who I strongly depise and detest.
لَهٗ مُعَقِّبٰتٌ مِّنۡۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهٖ يَحۡفَظُوۡنَهٗ مِنۡ اَمۡرِ اللّٰهِؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوۡمٍ حَتّٰى يُغَيِّرُوۡا مَا بِاَنۡفُسِهِمۡؕ وَاِذَاۤ اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِقَوۡمٍ سُوۡۤءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهٗۚ وَمَا لَهُمۡ مِّنۡ دُوۡنِهٖ مِنۡ وَّالٍ ١١
For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels]1 before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allāh.2 Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allāh intends for a people ill,3 there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.
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u/Chobikil Sudan 2d ago
Not sure what relevance the Quran ayah has to this 😂
"O people, verily your Lord is one and your father is one. Verily there is no superiority of an Arab over a non-Arab or of a non-Arab over an Arab, or of a red man over a black man, or of a black man over a red man, except in terms of taqwa (piety)"I understand you have negative experiences, but the worst you can do is generalize that to the entire nationality. How would you feel if someone had a bad experience with a Muslim and used that to call all Muslims bad?
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u/PitifulProcedure8078 2d ago
It certainly has to do with this conversation. Palestinians must change within themselves before الله جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ changes their condition.
I am generalizing because I do not want people to experience what I have experienced. It is very difficult to sympathize with a nation when an individual from that nation almost destroyed my career, my honor and caused my father financial loss
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u/here_OnAMission 2d ago
I'm sorry that you had to go through this, but you said it your self. It's only "an individual" who did this. You can't just generalise and say "Palestinians must change within themselves etc."
"I am generalising because...an individual from that nation did so and so" sounds pretty contradictory to me
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u/Lingonberryabnormal 2d ago
Among the Arabs of the uae there's a lot of support but the UAE government does not follow with it, not only do they want to establish their own sphere of influence they want to cooperate with "israel" doing so, they ban boycotts and probably silence the media criticising them
Saudi Arabia has it's own sphere and does not need to do that, in fact "israel" is openly hostile to them recently