Kuwaiti Writer: Arab, Muslim States Should Recognize Israel, Openly And Immediately | MEMRI

Kuwaiti Writer: Arab, Muslim States Should Recognize Israel, Openly And Immediately | MEMRI

In an April 9, 2016 article in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa, Kuwaiti media personality Yousuf ‚Abd Al-Karim Al-Zinkawi called on all Arab and Muslim states to recognize Israel, openly and without delay, and stop calling it „the Zionist Entity“ or „the Israeli occupation.“ He argued that, by sitting alongside Israel in UN institutions, these states already effectively recognize it, and they should take a lesson from countries like Qatar and Oman that take a pragmatic approach to Israel and maintain ties with it openly. He wondered why certain Arab and Muslim countries take a more hardline approach to Israel than the Palestinian Authority itself, which does maintain ties with it.