For decades, you were promised greatness through war, dignity through hatred, unity through the designation of an absolute enemy: Israel.

You were told that every path led through “resistance,” that every failure was caused by Zionism, and that every frustration would ultimately be redeemed through the disappearance of the Jewish state.

And yet, let us look honestly at our region.

Which peoples have paid the price of endless wars? Which peoples have seen their cities destroyed, their elites leave, their economies collapse, and their freedoms crushed? Which peoples have heard the same slogans repeated for seventy years while their rulers accumulated wealth through corruption and restricted their freedom and opportunities for development?

Lebanon was supposed to become the “fortress of resistance”; it has become a shadow of itself.

Syria was meant to lead the rejectionist front, yet the fall of Assad’s regime — which had made the struggle against Israel the central pillar of its legitimacy — ultimately left behind only a fragmented, ruined country emptied of much of its youth.

Iran was supposed to “liberate Jerusalem” and erase Israel. But after the strategic setbacks suffered by Iran and its proxies, we now see Gaza in ruins, southern Lebanon emptied of its inhabitants, Iran itself devastated, and the overwhelming majority of Iranians — suffering from water shortages, electricity cuts, internet blackouts, and inflation — longing for the fall of the regime.

Meanwhile, another path has emerged. Quietly at first. Then more and more clearly.

The Abraham Accords are not merely diplomatic agreements. They raise a historic question addressed to the Arab and Muslim world:

Do you want to........

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