The resurrection of Pan-Arabism

 The Islamic World

by Lamis Andoni Last Modified: 11 Feb 2011 18:51 GMT

The Egyptian revolution, itself influenced by the Tunisian uprising, has resurrected a new sense of pan-Arabism based on the struggle for social justice and freedom.

The overwhelming support for the Egyptian revolutionaries across the Arab world reflects a sense of unity in the rejection of tyrannical, or at least authoritarian, leaders, corruption and the rule of a small financial and political elite . . .


The Palestinian pretext

The era of using the Palestinian cause as a pretext for maintaining martial laws and silencing dissent is over.

The Palestinians have been betrayed, not helped, by leaders who practice repression against their own people. It is no longer sufficient for regimes in Syria and Iran to claim support for Palestinian resistance in order to stifle freedom of expression and to shamelessly tread on human rights in their own countries . . .

Rightardia comments

The Israelis are bracing for a period of instability and the likelihood Egypt will become a belligerent on the Southern border.

The Palestinians will dump the Palestinian Authority who was willing to sacrifice East Jerusalem for borders. Of course, the PA is not the legitimate government of Palestine, Hamas is.

But the US has taken the position of Israel that Hamas is a terrorist organization which complicates any possibility of peace. Israel has also insulted Turkey and if it entered the fray with Egypt against Israel in the next middle east war, Rightardia suggests Israel would lose.

Israel needs a new government and to dump Netayahu and his wingnut foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman. Israel needs a peace treaty with Palestine, now more than ever!

source: http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/201121115231647934.html


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