Strengthening US Puppet Governments of Arab Islamic Countries While Bringing Down the “Streets”

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 10 Nov 2025

Sakai Tanaka – TRANSCEND Media Service

 (Streets: Anti-government Movements)

3 Nov 2025 –  Indonesia, the Southeast Asian country with the world’s largest Muslim population, has consistently refused to recognize Israel as a state, viewing it as a part of the Western colonialism ever since Israel displaced the Arab world (Palestine). Not only does Indonesia have no diplomatic relations with Israel, it has also denied visas to Israeli athletes participating in international sporting events held in Indonesia, posing a problem at the 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta. （Indonesia denies president to visit Israel） [Indonesia’s Prabowo adopts softer tone on Israel]

However, despite its supposed hostility toward Israel, Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto administration has recently been rapidly aligning itself with Middle Eastern politics and Israel. Prabowo attended a peace conference on the Gaza ceasefire (Trump proposal) held in Egypt in mid-October and expressed a positive stance toward the Indonesian troops participating in an international stabilization force to maintain the Gaza ceasefire and build future peace. The stabilization force will be led by Egypt, with other Muslim countries such as Turkey and Azerbaijan also expressing their intention to participate. （Indonesia and Israel: Preparing for normalization?）[With fragile Gaza ceasefire holding, Trump wants to make headway on Indonesia-Israel normalization]    [AI Aummary: Israel successful hegemony in the middle east]   [AI Summaary: Indonesia’s approach to Israel]

Azerbaijan is a country with which Israel has close ties, including oil and arms trade. Turkey, Azerbaijan’s protégé (of the same Turkish descent), publicly views Israel as their enemy but secretly supports it through trade. Unlike such a pro-Israel country, Indonesia, which had previously been hostile to Israel, cooperated with the Gaza ceasefire, leading the Trump administration to praise it with glee. During his recent Asia tour, Trump visited Malaysia before Japan and South Korea, interacting with the Southeast Asian countries and praising Indonesia. Israel, which loves lies and misinformation, caused a stir by spreading false rumors that Prabowo would make a surprise visit to Israel on his way back from Egypt (hopefully, he will visit eventually). （Stop ‘Rooting For Failure’ In Gaza: Vance In Israel Lambasts Western Media） [Malaysia Joins Global Call; Ready To Enter Gaza Under UN Mission Along With Other Nations]

Trump also asked Jordan to join the stabilization forces, but was turned down. In Jordan, more than half of the population are Palestinian (former refugees), and Hamas (the Muslim Brotherhood) is the largest opposition party. Sending the Jordanian troops to the stabilization forces could lead to confrontations between Jordanian forces and Hamas in Gaza, which could lead to fighting between Palestinians. The King of Jordan refused to send his troops because he feared he could be pressured by the opposition within the country and fall into a political crisis. Given the political situation in the Middle East to date, Jordan’s decision to refuse to send troops was more common sense, while some Islamic countries like Egypt, Indonesia, and Turkey, which agreed to send their troops, were more groundbreaking.（US turns to Asia after Arab states reject Gaza stabilization force）[The Origins of Hamas: Militant Legacy or Israeli Tool?]

The traditional view of the Middle Eastern politics has been that sending troops to Gaza to stabilize the region, where Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims could potentially kill each other, is a puppet, humiliating, and unacceptable way of playing a role in the US, UK, and Israel’s global hegemony strategy (i.e. their hegemonic strategy). This way of thinking also underpins Indonesia’s traditional opposition to Israel and the US-UK hegemony (in line with the Non-Aligned Movement since the Bandung Conference). (The Hidden Signs of Israeli Middle East Hegemony/イスラエル中東覇権の隠然性）[The Shifting Balance of Power in the Middle East After October 7: Israel’s Pursuit of Regional Hegemony]     [U.S.–Israel Strategy: From Special Relationship to Strategic Partnership, 2029–2047]

Regarding Turkey and Azerbaijan, Israel (the Likud faction of the Intelligence Community) wrested control of the Caucasus from Russia and handed it over to Turkey (which in turn made them the non-US heroes in the Ukraine War). Israel previously mobilized its Kurdish allies to attack Turkey (as well as Syria, Iran, and Iraq), but recently, the Turkish Kurds (PKK) have laid down their arms and ended their military conflict with the Turkish government. This, too, is likely at the instigation of Israel. In return, the Turks cooperated with Israel’s Gaza ceasefire. (giving the Caucasus to Turkey/コーカサスをトルコに与える）[Israeli intelligence community]    [U.S. and Israel’s ‘Unprecedented’ Intelligence Sharing Draws Criticism]    [An Overview of the Israeli Intelligence Community]

However, Indonesia does not fit into these frameworks. What is the reason for Indonesia’s transformation as such? To understand this, we need to look at the global shift that occurred from the 1960s to the 1990s, when Indonesia was weakened by the US hegemony (the British were the dominant faction in the Intelligence Community), and then, from 2001 onward, when the Likud faction replaced the British in the Intelligence Community. During the Cold War, Indonesia played a leading role in opposing the US and British hegemony as a non-aligned nation. However, in 1965, the pro-communist (pro-Chinese) Sukarno was overthrown in a coup and replaced by the anti-communist, pro-American (US puppet) Suharto. Before the 1970s, when the United States (including Nixon’s multipolar supporters) and the People’s Republic of China [a.k.a. Taiwan] began to reconcile, this was likely a countermeasure by the British-backed US Intelligence Community to transform Indonesia, a leading non-aligned nation, from a Chinese ally to a US puppet. （Soros, NED Could Be Behind Indonesian Protests） [Documents reveal US hand behind massacres during Suharto’s coup in Indonesia]    [INDONESIA: Suharto’s Puppet Show]

After the Cold War, the center of the US-UK hegemony shifted to finance. In 1997, when the bond financing system invented by the United States. Then, Britain began to expand into emerging markets (developing countries, non-US), the British-backed individuals (including George Soros) caused the Asian currency crisis, disrupting financial development in non-US countries. The economic turmoil led to the downfall of the Suharto regime. (Soros initially made a fortune by destabilizing the British and European monetary systems, but later, at the invitation of the British, he became a British puppet, destroying non-American financial systems and increasing his profits. Soros has used his huge profits to support anti-government movements in non-American countries, leading to the overthrow of governments, the creation of chaos, and the weakening of those governments. It is no surprise that Trump, Orban, and Erdogan, who detest the evil deeds of the British hegemony, view Soros as their enemy. Soros, the original British “Rothschilds” [= Roth schilds, pronounced “rot-sheelts” which means “red signs” in the German language.], the Likud faction, and the multipolar Kissinger are all Jewish. The greatest enemy of Jews is Jews.)  （Soros Getting Ready For Showdown Against Trump Administration）[Jews against themselves by Edward Alexander]   [George Soros and The Rothschilds Connection]      [George Soros Funded by the House of Rothschild]     [George Soros: Rothschild Agent]   [George Soros: An Evil Rothschild Agent]    [Soros VS Trump: Ideological Battle or Sole Aspiration for Power?]    [Why Is Trump Targeting George Soros’s Foundation? Here’s What to Know.]

Suharto was crushed despite being a puppet of the US (British-affiliated). At the same time, the US supported Christian East Timor’s independence from Indonesia, demonizing Indonesia and the Muslim community. These actions were likely part of a “War on Terror” or “Clash of Powers” strategy designed to drive chaos and poverty in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, and further extremize the Muslim world against the US and turn them into terrorists. They were then weakened by economic sanctions and made into long-term “enemies.” （Indonesian Protests: What Is Known So Far?） [Rise and fall of strongman Suharto]    [Exit Suharto]      [Christianity In Timor-Leste – The Witness]    [5 facts about Muslims and Christians in Indonesia]    [Clash of Powers]

While the War on Terror seems to have begun with the 9/11 attacks in 2001, that’s not actually the case. The original structure of the War on Terror was launched in the late 1990s in order for the British to maintain its global dominance even after the Cold War. The multipolar faction and the Likud faction transformed it into a self-destructive strategy for the US (British-affiliated) hegemony. The 9/11 attacks were a coup d’état in the Intelligence Community and Hegemony, initiated by the Likud factions at the invitation of multipolar factions in order to infiltrate the US Intelligence Community and recast the already-ongoing War on Terror into a plan to destroy the US-UK hegemony. (Reconsidering the 9/11 Incident as the Starting Point of a Hegemonic Shift/覇権転換の起点９１１事件を再考する） [Unocal Archives – International Center for 9/11 Justice]     [9/11: A Timeline of Terror – History Tools]   [Complete 9/11 Timeline – International Center for 9/11 Justice]   [Oil and 9-11: The Connection]   [Oil and Empire: Afghanistan and 9/11]

Developing and emerging countries lack the underdeveloped and well-functioning democratic systems (such as two-party systems) found in developed countries, forcing their leaders to adopt authoritarian and repressive tactics. Under these circumstances, the British forces pressure and sanction developing countries, calling for the emphasis on democracy and human rights, while Soros and others fund the local anti-government movements, pro-democracy movements, ethnic minorities, and other minorities in these developing countries. This “human rights diplomacy” weakens developing countries, prevents the multipolarization of the world-order, and perpetuates the British global dominance. People in Japan, the United States, and Europe support these democratization movements in developing countries as a “good thing,” but in reality, it is causing suffering to the people of those countries. They are unaware that they have been “inadvertently made into British puppets.” (The end of human rights diplomacy/人権外交の終わり）   [AI Summary: US UK human rights intervene developing countries]      [17 Examples of Humanitarian Interventions Throughout History]     [China urges West to halt interference under guise of human rights at UN session]     [Foreign interventions by the United States]     [Western interventions: success or failure?]

Many Islamic countries, including those Arab countries, are run by those US puppet governments, but because their US puppet status is obvious, they lack the public support, and the “streets” (i.e. Hamas, the Brotherhood, Hezbollah) are always anti-government.  When these US puppet governments of the Arab Islamic countries take hard-line measures to suppress these anti-government movements, they are criticized by the US and Europe for the violations of human rights, which further weakens the government and perpetuates street angers.  This [seemingly paradoxical] structure has successfully perpetuated the US-UK domination over the Arab Islamic world. Within this structure, Israel has traditionally been part of the US and the UK. (Saudi Arabia has yet to reconcile with Israel./サウジはまだイスラエルと和解しない） [Popular Theatre: Puppet and Shadow Play in the Arab World]   [The ‘Arab Street’? Public Opinion in the Arab World]    [AI Summary: Many Islamic Arab US puppet countries vs. street movements]     [What is Hamas and why is it fighting with Israel in Gaza?]     [What is Hezbollah and why has it been fighting Israel in Lebanon?]

However, recently, there are signs that Israel and Trump are plotting a different scenario. Israel has been steadily killing and crushing the Islamist forces like Hamas and Hezbollah, which were leading the “street” movements in the Arab Islamic countries.  Meanwhile, neither these Arab Islamic [US puppet] governments have been overthrown, nor the street [i.e. anti-government] movements have strengthened. I previously predicted and analyzed that if the Gaza War continued, the “street” discontent would grow, leading to the overthrow of the Egyptian and Jordanian governments and the emergence of Hamas (which was Israel’s strategy), but I was completely wrong. I now speculate that Israel, which controls the US Intelligence Community, is injecting useful information into those Arab governments, allowing them to contain the “streets” and prevent them from weakening. The King of Jordan is a coward and refused to send the Jordanian troops to Gaza, but the Egyptian government says it will lead the effort. (Israel’s expansion/イスラエルの拡大）  [The Origins of Hamas: Militant Legacy or Israeli Tool?]    [Gaza international security force plans taking shape, officials say]    [Why does Jordan categorically refuse to send troops to Gaza? | موقع عمان نت]    [Gaza international security force plans taking shape, officials say]    [Egypt expected to lead Gaza int’l security force after war]

Israel employs a two-pronged strategy: it strengthens cooperative governments by providing them with useful intelligence, while at the same time using its intelligence to subvert or destroy hostile governments, such as Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, Iran, and Yemen’s Houthi regime, through airstrikes. The Assad regime was overthrown in two weeks. This has frightened those dictators from Saudi Arabia to China. Perhaps this trend led Indonesia’s Prabowo to approach Israel. In Indonesia, an anti-government protest initiated by students in last August threatened to escalate, but has been successfully contained. When those governments, troubled by the “streets”, approach Israel, the “streets” are suppressed. （Saudi Arabia’s path to normalization with Israel threatens a regional rupture）

As symbolized by the cowardly King of Jordan, the Arab countries geographically close to Israel still harbor vestiges of a British-influenced human rights-oriented regime, and are therefore afraid to reconcile with Israel, a country that has committed enormous crimes against humanity. However, Indonesia is far from Israel. Israel hopes to attract Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, and use its influence to persuade those Arab countries like Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords and create a trend toward reconciliation with Israel. If Indonesia and Saudi Arabia reconcile with Israel, the Islamic world’s hostility toward Israel will be overturned. While the “streets” of the Islamic world and those Western liberals together with those people of the Western liberal civic movements will likely continue to view Israel as their enemy.   The power of the “streets” is weakening. On the other hand, governments and states will become more powerful than “those people” (i.e. self-proclaimed liberals, Islamists, and other British puppets). （Pakistan’s Gaza assignment: Policing resistance for Trump’s ‘peace’）  [Jordan’s Path to Stability: The Secrets of State Survival]   [“Jordan depends on Israel for natural gas, water, and intelligence cooperation…”]   [Wikipedia co-founder slams ‘Gaza genocide’ page over ‘egregious’ anti-Israel claims]     [Why did Wikipedia editor block edits to the ‘Gaza genocide’ page?]    [The Real Reason The Left Hates Israel]   [Saudi-Israel normalization: Why Riyadh should join the Abraham Accords]    [Why are now many Islamic countries turning on and/or normalizing their relations with Israel?]

This time, too, I had to consider several new hypotheses and observations, resulting in a disjointed article. The Pakistan-Saudi military alliance and the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan also seem relevant to this story, but I’m unable to write about their link between them clearly. The continuation of the Gaza ceasefire is also in jeopardy. I’ll consider to write about these issues in the future.

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Sakai Tanaka:  After graduating from university, Sakai Tanaka started working at the Kyodo News  Agency in 1986. From 1997 he joined Microsoft Network (MSN) and in 1999, due to change of policy at Microsoft, he became an independent journalist. Tanaka has published more than twenty books on international affairs, some translated and published in China, South Korea and Taiwan. He studied at Harvard University from 2000 to 2001.  He was invited to serve as a senior researcher at the Royal Faisal Institute in Saudi Arabia in 2005. Website: tanakanews.com

Translation: Satoshi Ashikaga – Google Translate

Original in Japanese:   イスラム諸国の政府を強化し街頭をへこます

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