[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Aimen Dean [@AimenDean](/creator/twitter/AimenDean) on x 39.4K followers Created: 2025-07-13 10:44:45 UTC Usually, I don’t waste my time replying to people who’ve never opened a history book, let alone lived the consequences of the policies they smugly critique from the comfort of a Western suburb. But today, let me educate you - just once. In 1948, five Arab armies went to war - not because we hated Jews, but because we believed Palestinians deserved dignity, land, and a future. We lost. Not because our soldiers were cowards - they fought bravely and many died - but because we were divided, disorganized, and underestimated what we were up against. And then, in solidarity with the Palestinian cause, XXXXXXX Jews were expelled from Arab countries - Jews who had lived with us for centuries. We paid that price. We thought we were helping. Instead, they helped Israel build one of the most formidable societies and militaries in the region. Half of Israeli society today is made of people we expelled. We kept going. We supported Jordan and Egypt. We held Al-Aqsa, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza. But then Arab nationalism reared its head. Nasser made promises he couldn’t keep, mobilized his army thinking the UN or the Soviets would bail him out. The result? The catastrophe of 1967. We lost everything - not because we didn’t care, but because we cared too much, and planned too little. In 1973, we tried again. Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack to recover lost land. And the rest of us? We waged the largest oil embargo in modern history, sending shockwaves through the global economy - all for the sake of Palestine. Our economies paid the price. And what did we get in return? Terrorism. Hijacked planes. Bombed embassies. Our diplomats killed. Our airlines targeted. All by factions claiming to represent the Palestinian cause. The PLO tried to take over Jordan - sparked a bloody civil war. Then they did the same in Lebanon. Two countries pushed into chaos because we gave sanctuary to Palestinian leaders who repaid it by trying to overthrow their hosts. And even after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 - Palestinians living in Kuwait, over XXXXXXX of them - many sided with the invader. Helped him hunt Kuwaiti officers. Betrayed the nation that fed and housed them for decades. Still, billions flowed from our treasuries. Billions. From the Gulf to the PLO, to Hamas, to UNRWA. We propped up their governments, funded their schools, paid for their hospitals - while watching their leaders grow fat on corruption. And despite everything - we backed Arafat at Oslo. We supported the peace process. We extended a hand again and again, only to be bitten by Hamas and its backers in Tehran who saw peace as an existential threat. Even in the final hours before October 7, 2023, we were still trying. Saudi Arabia was in confidential talks with Hamas - trying to bring them into a normalization framework, to offer them a path to legitimacy, to peace, to a better life for their people. And what did Hamas do? They unleashed one of the most barbaric attacks in modern Middle Eastern history. Not resistance. Not liberation. Just savagery. And they did it knowing it would burn Gaza to the ground. So forgive us if we’re done. Forgive us if we no longer wish to subsidize fanaticism. Forgive us if we now prioritize our children’s futures over your slogans. We tried. For XX years we tried. We gave blood, treasure, diplomacy, and shelter. And in return, we got chaos, betrayal, and ingratitude. So if you think we “did nothing,” then maybe - just maybe - you’re the one who should be reading a history book, instead of pretending you have moral clarity while parroting someone else’s victimhood. We’re done being dragged into hell by people who refuse to leave it. XXXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/AimenDean/status/1944347259174261070)
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Aimen Dean @AimenDean on x 39.4K followers
Created: 2025-07-13 10:44:45 UTC
Usually, I don’t waste my time replying to people who’ve never opened a history book, let alone lived the consequences of the policies they smugly critique from the comfort of a Western suburb. But today, let me educate you - just once.
In 1948, five Arab armies went to war - not because we hated Jews, but because we believed Palestinians deserved dignity, land, and a future. We lost. Not because our soldiers were cowards - they fought bravely and many died - but because we were divided, disorganized, and underestimated what we were up against.
And then, in solidarity with the Palestinian cause, XXXXXXX Jews were expelled from Arab countries - Jews who had lived with us for centuries. We paid that price. We thought we were helping. Instead, they helped Israel build one of the most formidable societies and militaries in the region. Half of Israeli society today is made of people we expelled.
We kept going. We supported Jordan and Egypt. We held Al-Aqsa, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza. But then Arab nationalism reared its head. Nasser made promises he couldn’t keep, mobilized his army thinking the UN or the Soviets would bail him out. The result? The catastrophe of 1967. We lost everything - not because we didn’t care, but because we cared too much, and planned too little.
In 1973, we tried again. Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack to recover lost land. And the rest of us? We waged the largest oil embargo in modern history, sending shockwaves through the global economy - all for the sake of Palestine. Our economies paid the price. And what did we get in return?
Terrorism. Hijacked planes. Bombed embassies. Our diplomats killed. Our airlines targeted. All by factions claiming to represent the Palestinian cause.
The PLO tried to take over Jordan - sparked a bloody civil war. Then they did the same in Lebanon. Two countries pushed into chaos because we gave sanctuary to Palestinian leaders who repaid it by trying to overthrow their hosts.
And even after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 - Palestinians living in Kuwait, over XXXXXXX of them - many sided with the invader. Helped him hunt Kuwaiti officers. Betrayed the nation that fed and housed them for decades.
Still, billions flowed from our treasuries. Billions. From the Gulf to the PLO, to Hamas, to UNRWA. We propped up their governments, funded their schools, paid for their hospitals - while watching their leaders grow fat on corruption.
And despite everything - we backed Arafat at Oslo. We supported the peace process. We extended a hand again and again, only to be bitten by Hamas and its backers in Tehran who saw peace as an existential threat.
Even in the final hours before October 7, 2023, we were still trying. Saudi Arabia was in confidential talks with Hamas - trying to bring them into a normalization framework, to offer them a path to legitimacy, to peace, to a better life for their people.
And what did Hamas do?
They unleashed one of the most barbaric attacks in modern Middle Eastern history. Not resistance. Not liberation. Just savagery. And they did it knowing it would burn Gaza to the ground.
So forgive us if we’re done. Forgive us if we no longer wish to subsidize fanaticism. Forgive us if we now prioritize our children’s futures over your slogans. We tried. For XX years we tried. We gave blood, treasure, diplomacy, and shelter. And in return, we got chaos, betrayal, and ingratitude.
So if you think we “did nothing,” then maybe - just maybe - you’re the one who should be reading a history book, instead of pretending you have moral clarity while parroting someone else’s victimhood.
We’re done being dragged into hell by people who refuse to leave it.
XXXXXX engagements
