By Fathi Al-Fadali,
Political Analyst and Observer
Skhirat agreement: A wedding without a bride
The international community looks at Libya as a lake of oil or as a bundle of gold, but we, Libyans, look at Libya as a nation, a mother and a soil saturated with the blood of our children. That is why only we can feel the pain, ambitions, dreams and the suffering of Libya and the Libyans.
Only we are aware of the size, the nature, the reasons and the truth of the crisis; therefore, only we can solve this crisis.
Leon, Kobler, the UNSMIL and the world do not care about our blood, our beliefs, our history, our aspirations, our tragedies or even our dreams.
What happened in Skhirat was a wedding attended by everyone except the bride. The bride was Libya; the bride was our country and our homeland.
Kobler, in the Skhirat wedding, spoke about funds to reconstruct Benghazi, but we realize that the issue of Libya is not the issue of reconstruction, nor is it an issue of iron and cement, but it is the issue of human beings, of blood having been shed and of reunion, reconciliation, reform, transitional justice and healing of people’s wounds. The problem here is one of building a homeland that preserves the security, rights, pride, stability and dignity of the Libyan citizens; in addition, it is also a concerning matter of building a new Libya that contains the components, standards, and institutions of the contemporary civilized state.
Therefore, since you (the international community) do not realize our pains, dreams, demands, and aspirations, as well as you do not feel our grief, tragedies, pains, so leave us alone, and fly away from the sky of our country.
Give the Libyans a chance to heal the wounds, build the destroyed houses, come to terms, reconcile, and embrace one another away from your greediness and your agents and plots. Let the Libyans lead a normal life without having been judged by the look of inferiority on them and their beliefs, past, present, and future.
What happened in Skhirat - again - is a wedding that really lacked the presence of the bride, and the bride was my dear homeland Libya, she was our dear mother whom we will defend against your attempts to usurp it.
You are panting as you move fast from one conference to another, the Geneva conference, the Rome Conference, New York Conference, Brussels Conference, and Skhirat conference. After all these moves, We Libyans say that it's time you organized conferences in Al-Zawiya, in Tripoli, in Zuwara, in Gharyan, in Misrata, in Benghazi , in Sabha, in Tobruk, in Derna and in other cities ,oases, villages , rural areas and deserts in Libya.
You stood in Skhirat, talked, and signed while behind you, there was a huge portrait of King Hassan II, Prince of the Muslims. The King who betrayed the son of our country, the son of Misrata, Major Omar Al-Mihaishi and handed him over to Gaddafi, for a cheaply price - few dirhams - after the man had sought protection in him and he accepted it.
Thus, the King betrayed Al-Mihaishi and threw away all the Moroccan, Arab and Islamic values and even the pre-Islamic values, according to which the protector protects the person in need at any expense .Even Abu Jahl, back in the time of our Prophet, Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him), protected the Prophet in one of Islamic Message spreading periods. He protected his bitter enemy and did not betray him.
The senior leaders of the Quraish infidels protected the Muslims, and did not betray them. If they wanted to end their protection, they used to inform the Muslims about it so that they could look for another protector. However, it was impossible to conduct an act of betrayal as Hassan II did with Major Omar Al-Mihaishi, who was killed by Gaddafi, and until today, his family is still searching for the remains of his body in vain.
Nonetheless, We Libyans ask the international community to come to Libya, talk, discuss and sign, but we will hang on the wall behind you the portrait of Omar Al-Mukhtar, Al-Sweihli, Al-Marayad , Abdul Al-Nabi Balkhair , Al-Baroni, Boca, Kilani, ,Ghufair , Hadouth and others from the martyrs and sons and icons of the country.
Come, and we shall put behind you a portrait of Omar Al-Mukhtar, then your gathering and your signature ceremony will be attended by a crowd of widows of the martyrs, their daughters, and their sons.
Come to Libya and the signing ceremony in Libya will be attended by the orphans, victims, revolutionaries, the families of the martyrs, and a crowd of the ordinary Libyans; then and only then will the bride attend her wedding, then and only then, will we render the accord as valid.
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