Over many months, the regimes in the Muslim world have been silent over Israel’s siege of Gaza. The Egyptian regime even blocked aid to Gaza and the Saudi regime has appeased the murderous occupiers by promoting a so-called ‘peace process’, which is nothing more than a process to strengthen Israel’s grip on the region. Their appeasement has been repaid by this massacre.
No amount of negotiations, UN resolutions or condemnations will liberate Palestine from occupation. While the sincere Palestinians continue to bravely struggle against occupation, it is only when well resourced armies from Muslim lands, currently confined to barracks by treacherous agent rulers, are released that this land will be defended. Egypt has the military capability to defend the people of Gaza if it used its 220 F-16 fighter planes and 450,000 strong military.
Published figures show that the Muslim armies combined outnumber the Israeli forces by a ratio of 68 Muslim soldiers to one Israeli soldier. The Muslim countries spend almost 17 times more on their military budgets than Israel. So it is clear that a united Muslim armed force is the dominant military power in the region. Even with their advanced military technology, the Israelis cannot overcome such a large military force.
Population |
Military Manpower
|
Military Manpower fit for service |
Military Expenditure $bn |
|
Israel |
7,112,359 |
3,353,936 |
2,836,722 |
11.8187 |
|
|
|
|
|
Egypt |
81,713,520 |
41,654,185 |
35,558,995 |
13.7836 |
Iran |
65,875,224 |
39,815,026 |
34,344,352 |
19.0725 |
Jordan |
6,198,677 |
3,371,706 |
2,886,132 |
2.4467 |
Syria |
19,747,586 |
10,218,242 |
10,218,242 |
5.33183 |
Saudi |
28,146,656 |
14,928,539 |
8,461,049 |
54.6 |
Turkey |
71,892,808 |
39,645,893 |
33,444,999 |
45.2567 |
Yemen |
23,013,376 |
9,932,593 |
3,585,947 |
3.71184 |
Libya |
6,173,579 |
3,293,184 |
2,821,855 |
2.91408 |
Lebanon |
3,971,941 |
2,229,474 |
1,883,155 |
1.25364 |
Kuwait |
2,596,799 |
1,601,065 |
1,393,356 |
7.42 |
Oman |
3,311,640 |
1,429,296 |
1,207,291 |
6.94146 |
Morocco |
34,343,220 |
18,233,410 |
15,382,861 |
6.25 |
Algeria |
33,769,668 |
19,327,735 |
16,357,759 |
7.3359 |
Tunisia |
10,383,577 |
5,905,068 |
5,005,257 |
1.06498 |
Sudan |
40,218,456 |
18,961,029 |
11,264,895 |
2.4294 |
|
|
|
|
|
Muslim – Middle East |
431,356,727 |
230,582,445 |
182,058,952 |
179.81263 |