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The chapter exposes the dialectics of the Arab Spring, turning quickly into a violent Arab Tempest. The failure of Arab nationalism and the diabolic struggle with its Islamic antipode, as well as root causes of Middle East instability identified in a ground-breaking UN Human Development Report (2002), are discussed. The regional turmoil began to overshadow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and, in particular, the aftermath of the Tahrir Square revolution in Egypt impacted heavily on the situation in Gaza. A preliminary analysis is offered of the implications of these ongoing events for both Israelis and Palestinians.
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Serry, R. (2017). The Arab Tempest. In: The Endless Quest for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44579-3_10
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