Developments of Arabs’ Positions Regarding Normalization

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Hatoum Talal

Title

Developments of Arabs’ Positions Regarding Normalization

Author(s)

Hatoum Talal | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

Arabs’positions

ties

Arabs

Israel

New Coaltions

Occupied Territories

Palestine

Theodor Herzl

Sanctions

Balfour Declaration

Sanction Resolutions

Arab League

Palestine Resistance

Axis of Resistance

Deal of Century

Palestine Intifada

Abstract

Arabs’ silence regarding normalization of ties with the Zionist adversary could be a provocative for many individuals as the rulers of some Arab countries who hastily proceeded to normalization represent neither their own people nor even some other Arab rulers. This research addresses the origin of issue of Palestine, the inception of the idea of forming a state for Jews in holding the first Zionist conference which was the opening meeting of Zionists on August 29, 1897 in Swiss Basel by the initiative of Theodor Herzl, how Herzl promoted the idea of founding a state for Jewish people in Palestine and initiated an immigration of Jews to the Palestinian territory followed by Balfour Declaration on November 2, 1917 and forming a state for the Jewish people with the approval of the British government. In 20s and 30s, Arab countries who were seeking independence could not stop the Balfour Declaration by the British government as the ruler of the Palestine territories under a mandate. The British granted what it didn’ t possess to those who didn’ t deserve it. Arab countries were then after forming small states for their tribes or families free of influence of any strategic thought in the Arabic unity that could impose its decisions. WWII further provoked divisions and rifts among such countries. French and English rulers of such countries as well as their Italian counterparts in countries like Libya were replaced with a fresh batch of rulers from US or USSR to directly act as their proxies or their representatives. Later, these rulers went on to plant what late Imam Khomeini (may God bless his soul) a cancerous tumor in the region to be leveraged, in time of need and wish, as their military arm to punish who dare to step out of the US prescribed lines. In 70s and 80s, following the Suez Canal war and the exclusion of Britain and France from world equations, Arab countries faced a duopoly of US-USSR. Even consecutive wars such as 1948 war (Nakba ), 1967 war (Naksa ) and Ramadan War of 1973 during which Syrian and Egyptian armies achieved heroic feats could not bring Arab unity. As a consequence of the last war, Egypt and Syria drifted apart when the latter remained steadfast on its belief while the former chose compromise. Arabs focused on the issue of Palestine from the very issue of “ Balfour Declaration” in 1917 with individual and collective movements to support the Palestinian nation. Hundreds of Arab youths voluntarily joined the Palestine Arab revolution in 1936 with the help of some Arab countries. This revolution marked the start of the importance of issue of Palestine for all Arabs. However, some then Arab rulers submitted to the humiliation of British pressures and stopped their revolutionary youths from their movements and struggles. They resorted to negotiations with the British and led the foundation for dividing Palestine territory between a Jewish state and a Palestinian state through “ Bale” Committee which was a British design. In contrast, the Zionist scheme was reliant on immigration of Jews, development of settlements and maximum expansion using their great force to occupy lands, bringing their enemies to their knees as well as the strategy of aggression and war. The vast influx of Jews to Palestine led to expulsion, forced immigration and displacement of Palestinians. Those who remained behind faced armed Zionist mobs. Upon the British announcement of terminating its mandate over Palestine and forming the occupying state of Israel in Palestinian territories on May 15, 1948, Arab states convened an Arab League meeting to adopt decisive decisions to counter Israel’ s rebellious behaviors. Such decision include complete boycott of Israel in all fields, conclusion of Arab Joint Defense Agreement and economic cooperation among all Arab countries in April 1950 in response to developments and the evolving situation of Palestine. Later, the June 5, 1967 disaster unfolded to further aggravate the pain and sufferings of Arabs inflicted by Zionist occupation. Israel’ s direct hostility was not just limited to Palestinian people. It expanded to some other Arab countries with Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon at the brunt of such attacks. The research pursues the issue by looking into movements of Arab countries against the Zionist regime, inception of popular resistance campaigns of Palestinians in Lebanon, the first Intifada or rock intifada in 1987, the second Intifada or Alaqsa intifada in 2000, Egypt-Israel Peace Accords (Camp David Accords) in 1979, victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 led by late Imam Khomeini, Iran’ s open commitment to directly support the Palestine Cause and opening of Palestine diplomatic mission in Tehran that bought a change in the Zionist regime’ s military-security strategy. The paper also addresses the about-face in Arab states’ position towards Israel from “ wiping out Israel from the map” to “ accession of the Zionist regime to Arab League” , Oslo Accords conclusion between PLO and Israel, the Israel– Jordan peace treaty in 1994 (Wadi Araba Treaty), Arab Peace Initiative in Arab Summit in Beirut in 2002, proposal of entering in full peace with Israel on the condition of withdrawal of Israel to pre-June 1967 borders, formation of state of Palestine with Bayt al-Maqdis as the capital, other proposals to recognize the Occupying Regime, encouraging other Arab states to make peace with Israel and normalize their ties with the latter and most recently normalization of ties with the Zionist Regime by some Arab countries including UAE, Bahrain and Sudan as well as their peace and normalization agreements. Armed conflicts of Resistance Forces with the Zionist Regime such as barbaric invasion of south of Lebanon by Israel in 2006 during which Lebanese Resistance forces displayed great courage and authority in fighting the Zionists. Great Middle East and New Middle East projects were tabled through creation of rifts among Arabs, inciting riots and chaos in countries opposing normalization of ties with Israeli regime, creation of an illusory adversary and pointing the compass of hostility to Israel towards Iran. US president Donald Trump proposed the so-called Deal of Century, recognized Bayt al-Maqdis as the capital of Israel and relocated US embassy to this city to commit the biggest transgression upon the Arabs and Palestinians. Contrary to expectations, Arab states remained passive to mark the collapse of Arabs’ position. This was followed by quick steps of certain Arab states to normalize their ties with Israel. Meanwhile, the Arab League withdrew its supports of Palestine Cause due to outbreak of disagreements among its members and loss of independence to countries that dismissed the issue of Palestine was at the center of its agenda. Although the wave of normalizing the ties has been formally announced, nations still keep staging demonstrations and protest rallies to voice their opposition to this idea. In conclusion, the author talks about the opposition of Arab nations to normalization of ties with Israel as their enemy no. 1, their belief that Palestine is still their first priority, that Resistance Movements should always oppose normalization and the fact that years after conclusion of peace accords between Egypt and Jordan, the peoples in such countries still oppose any normalization with an aggressor. The author also talks about other actors in Palestine in Resistance Axis. He acknowledges that Resistance forces have both the ability and rich experience to counter the normalization trend as they don’ t share the strategic interests of countries that normalized their ties with the Occupying regime and the fact that such forces are really concerned about increased dominance of Israel over regional Arab countries. Conclusion: What we need today is not condemning those countries who signed normalization agreements with the Zionist regime as “ wounding a dead body does not hurt” . These countries have shown their true colors. Instead, what is desirable is strengthening forces who oppose this Israeli-US scheme as the supporters of such forces. This support does not have to be in a military sense. It rather should take the form of idea of resistance and developing an integrated vision of the Resistance, albeit with differences in tactical implementation methodologies. Furthermore, the resistance should be involved in every sphere in which the Zionist regime has infiltrated through splashy projects to inject its poison such as education, media, economy, investment project or any other undertaking that could openly compromise the integrity of the society. The author asks this question as his closing remarks: the question is not which Arab states are with Palestine. Rather, who Palestine is with?

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APA: Copy

Hatoum, Talal. (2020). Developments of Arabs’ Positions Regarding Normalization. QURTERLY JOURNAL OF PALESTINE STRATEGIC DISCOURSE, 2(4 ), 0-0. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/766836/en

Vancouver: Copy

Hatoum Talal. Developments of Arabs’ Positions Regarding Normalization. QURTERLY JOURNAL OF PALESTINE STRATEGIC DISCOURSE[Internet]. 2020;2(4 ):0-0. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/766836/en

IEEE: Copy

Talal Hatoum, “Developments of Arabs’ Positions Regarding Normalization,” QURTERLY JOURNAL OF PALESTINE STRATEGIC DISCOURSE, vol. 2, no. 4 , pp. 0–0, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/766836/en

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Developments of Arabs’ Positions Regarding Normalization