International Changes in the Middle East and Their Impact on the Palestinian Cause

Salwa Farrag

doi:10.7176/iags/91-02

Abstract

The paper seeks to examine the impact of post 2011 Arab developments on the nation-state and its repercussions on supporting the Palestinian cause? In order to answer that, the study deals with a theoretical approach to the crises of political systems, and then analyzes the nature of developments in the Arab region and its repercussions on the nation-state on the one hand, and its repercussions on the Palestinian cause on the other.It was found through the study that the Palestinian cause is affected by its Arab depth, whether before or after the revolutions. Although the Palestinian cause was not the main title of those revolutions, but it was present in the conscience of the rebellious masses. The Arab countries remained governed in this process by the duality of “the old next to the new” in light of the dilemmas and phenomena that prevailed. It seemed apparent how weak and fragile the Arab national state was towards itself and the Palestinian cause, as it was preoccupied with its internal crises that prevailed over its policies. Keywords: Arab Nations – Palestinian cause – Middle East – International Changes DOI: 10.7176/IAGS/91-02 Publication date: August 31 st 2021

Highlights

What some Arab countries have witnessed since 2011, from protest movements and popular demonstrations, turned into revolutions that overthrew regimes and governments, and created dilemmas and political phenomena in the Arab region that they did not know, confirms the crises that some Arab regimes are going through.This is due to the fact that countries that do not have a clear and acceptable mechanism for the transfer of power remain threatened with collapse, and are candidates for popular revolutions, which explains the state of weakness experienced by many Arab countries.It is worth noting that the developments and transformations that the Arab region has witnessed in the past few years have all marked - remarkably - turning points
Some of its causes can be traced back to the emergence of the phenomenon of “ideologized” religious organizations in many Arab countries, and the rise of ethnic and sectarian identities, which led to the outbreak of a pattern of armed conflicts and conflicts of a sectarian and ethnic character, especially with a shift in the initial “national” affiliations, which created a state of division that ruptures the unity of the state between discordant subnational interests that divide society vertically across social classes and strata, and external penetrations that strike its security in the heart
The case of Egypt is exploited - especially in Sinai - to carry out sabotage operations and bloody explosions that suggest a situation of instability. - A severe political identities crisis manifested itself between Qatari national identities, Arab national identities, and conflicting religious and Islamic identities, not to mention the growing sectarian tendencies, and primary loyalties that were replaced by religion, tribe or ethnicity, while it is one nation with history, religion, geography and culture that incubates identity and belonging1

Summary

Introduction

What some Arab countries have witnessed since 2011, from protest movements and popular demonstrations, turned into revolutions that overthrew regimes and governments, and created dilemmas and political phenomena in the Arab region that they did not know, confirms the crises that some Arab regimes are going through. This is due to the fact that countries that do not have a clear and acceptable mechanism for the transfer of power remain threatened with collapse, and are candidates for popular revolutions, which explains the state of weakness experienced by many Arab countries. Some of its causes can be traced back to the emergence of the phenomenon of “ideologized” religious organizations in many Arab countries, and the rise of ethnic and sectarian identities, which led to the outbreak of a pattern of armed conflicts and conflicts of a sectarian and ethnic character, especially with a shift in the initial “national” affiliations, which created a state of division that ruptures the unity of the state between discordant subnational interests that divide society vertically across social classes and strata, and external penetrations that strike its security in the heart

Research Problem

The Repercussions of Arab Developments on The Nation-State

The Repercussions of Arab Developments on the Palestinian Cause

Conclusion

Saeb Erekat