The Arab League summit, held in Cairo on 4 March, concluded with an Egyptian-led initiative to rebuild Gaza, pledging $53 billion. While presented as a humanitarian effort, the plan exposes deep contradictions, revealing the hypocrisy of Arab leaders.

As Gaza endures the devastation of Israel’s US-backed war, many states at the summit have not only normalised ties with Israel but also remained passive in the face of the massacre. The presence of Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, a former Al-Qaeda leader, and Mahmoud Abbas, widely criticised for collaborating with the occupation, underscores this duplicity.

Moreover, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s engagement with Jolani—whose group has clashed with the Lebanese army—betrays Lebanon’s legacy of resistance. These questionable alliances are part of a broader strategy to sideline Hezbollah and weaken Iran’s influence in the region, benefiting pro-Western actors.

While Egypt keeps the Rafah border closed, obstructing vital aid, it is the resistance groups—Hezbollah, Yemen, Iraq, and Iran—that have taken tangible steps to support Gaza. This summit has not demonstrated Arab solidarity but rather an alliance of convenience, where opportunism prevails over principles, further enabling occupation and oppression.