“It wasn’t that they didn’t have power. They chose not to use that power.”

Political analyst Sami Hamdi says Muslim leaders in Saudi, Turkey, Morocco and the UAE had pressure levers that could’ve stopped the onslaught in Gaza, but valued their relationship with the US and Israel more.

He also tells MEE that Iran shouldn’t be celebrated for attacking Israel, because it’s responsible for the death and displacement of thousands of Muslims in the region.

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