More voices from the Muslim world are acknowledging Israel’s importance. In March and April, Iranian missiles and drones were fired at 13 countries as distant as Cyprus. For the first time, Israel sent an Iron Dome station and army staff to defend the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which was targeted by more rockets than even Israel endured.
Jasem Aljuraid, Kuwaiti journalist exiled to Canada, addressing UN Human Rights Council, March 26, 2026:
Mr. Chair, as I speak, my mother is dying. I cannot be with her because I am a political refugee who risked everything for the truth. This is why I came here to admit the truth. I heard the term colonizers, but who are the real colonizers? A Jewish kingdom ruled in Judea for a thousand years. We Arabs took this land. Who are Egyptians, Phoenicians, Persians, and Amazighs [Berbers]? It was us, the Arabs.
So why does the Council enshrine a lie by keeping a permanent agenda item on Palestine while ignoring the indigenous heart of Israel [i.e. the Jews] returning home? Let us be clear. Who is actually defending our sovereignty? Today, Israel is a fighter for peaceful nations, freeing Gaza from Hamas and saving Iranians from the Islamic Republic. What Israel is doing to the IRGC [Iranian army] is a gift to humanity.
There are 57 Islamic countries and only one Jewish state, Israel. Despite the ongoing hateful desire to eliminate it, Israel has not only survived, it has thrived. I don’t believe in miracles, but this is one. So, I ask the UN, when will you end the ritual of condemning Israel? Is it not time instead to learn from Israel how to defeat terror, defend free societies, and pursue peace?
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Sager Abu Srehan, Israeli Bedouin-Arab school principal in the Negev commenting on Iranian missile attacks:
Reality is what matters. We live together with the Jewish society as brothers, on the same land and under the same sky. We study together, work together….We are people who belong here and who love our country….The partnership between us as a society, with many examples of cooperation, is what creates the beautiful colors in the mosaic of Israeli society (The Jerusalem Post, March 24, 2026).
Loay Alshareef, Saudi-Egyptian online activist:
When October 7 happened, I said: “I have to speak up. I have to speak up against Hamas, and I have to speak up about what they’ve done,” because on October 7, they did not break into Israel to kidnap three, four soldiers….No, they went to a music festival. They killed Israelis who celebrated life. They went to the kibbutzim [agricultural communities] in the south. I went to Be’eri and I saw the horrors of what Hamas did.
So, when those in the West say, “Let’s stop this ugly war,” I would say, “Absolutely!” But this war cannot stop if Hamas’s evil is not removed. And by the way, if it’s not removed, it will come after you here in Europe, in London, in Montreal, in Canada, in the U.S., and also after us, the moderate Arab states as well. Israel is not fighting on its [own] behalf. Israel is fighting on behalf of humanity (StandTallIsrael.com published 2025).
The Iranian regime is at war with the entire world….This is not Israel versus Iran. This is the free world versus a regime that thrives on chaos. And by attacking its neighbors, the Iranian regime proved that the fears of the region were not exaggeration but actually they were reality. The Iranian people deserve far better than the Islamic regime of Iran (ibid. 2026).
Yoseph Haddad, Israeli-Arab news reporter, commenting on the shelling of Lebanon:
If my house is attacked by the IDF [Israeli army], it’s Hizbullah’s fault. Countless times I said that terrorist organizations use their own people as human shields….Well, now I’m going to prove it. Listen to this Lebanese [man] and watch this shocking footage:
[VIDEO:] “This is my home. The Hizbullah guys, who say they are protecting the people and defending the residents of the south, are firing from here, right next to my house! They place the rockets here, near the olive tree, launch them, and then [run] down the street. We’ve spoken to them a hundred times, ‘Move away from the house, there’s a family living here,’ but they don’t respond. If anything happens to us, know that Hizbullah is the one that harmed us, not Israel.”
I told you so. Hamas are doing it in Gaza, Hizbullah are doing it in Lebanon. The IRGC are doing it in Iran. They never cared about their own people, and as long as they have you as their useful idiots, they will never care, because they count on you to blame Israel! But the truth always wins (Yoseph Haddad, LinkedIn, March 25, 2026).