National thought of King Faisal Bin Al- Hussein (1909-1933 AD)

Abstract

The study dealt with the experience of King Faisal Bin Al-Hussein in governing Great Arab Revolt launched by his father, Al- Sharif Hussein Bin Ali. The study also examined the approaches that King Faisal adopted towards achieving Arab unity addressing his positions on the developments in both Syria and Palestine. The study adopted the descriptive and analytical approach, and concluded a number of conclusions. The most important of these conclusions is that Faisal's external objectives of achieving Arab unity at the level of the Fertile Crescent were to build an Arab state with a population mass and a larger area that achieves geopolitical and geo-economic balance and parity with similar neighboring countries, especially Iran and Turkey. The study also concludes that the nature of King Faisal's positions and policies has been characterized by appeasement, caution, rationality, distancing from adopting any radical and extremist position, and constant caution and avoidance of clashing with the British or French. King Faisal seeks to obtain his demands through negotiation and to conclude understandings, away from the option of revolution, force and violence.