Dr. Mohamed Berween
Conclusion
To conclude this article let me recap and re-emphasize some of the main points I have mentioned above, as follows:
First: The saddest thing is that the false hypothetical Intellectual Concept of the Arab World has made the vast majority of Arabs, especially the youth, during the past generations to live an unattainable dream, and it has finally turned into a tool to obstruct any serious attempt at rapprochement and cooperation between the different peoples of the region.
Second: The saddest thing is that the brutal and barbaric war on Gaza has shown, that there is no such thing call “the Arab World.” It has been approving that it is nothing but an empty slogan and a major obstacle to achieve a real unity among the states in the region. Therefore, it is time to get rid of it and work hard to replace it with another simple and practical concept for uniting all peoples in the region.
Third: The saddest thing is that the Palestinian people, unfortunately, found themselves facing a barbaric and brutal Israeli aggression by themselves, and the vast majority (except a tiny few) of the Arab people have failed miserably to support them.
Fourth: The saddest thing is that the brutal and barbaric war on Gaza has shown the hypocrisy of the Arab rulers and all what they care about is, shamelessly, to stay in power as long as they can at any cost, and to achieve their goals, and they are willing to ally themselves with anybody even the devil. More than that, they are secretly supporting and encouraging the Israelis to get rid of the freedom fighters in Gaza.
Fifth: The brutal and barbaric Israeli war on Gaza has shown plainly that an American, a European, and an Israeli human being, in the eyes of the American and European leaders, worthies more than an Arab or a Muslim human being.
Sixth: The saddest thing is that the brutal and barbaric Israeli war on Gaza has shown to all freedom loving people all over the Globe, that the Palestinian people, for more than seventy-five years, are being oppressed and evicted from their own land, by the Israelis and that is why they will not give up seeking their freedom and working toward their independence regardless of how long it takes or how much it cost.
Seventh: I believe, it is time for all patriot people in the region to cooperate to establish new political Umbrella, that might be called “the Confederate states in the Middle East.” This new political system would enable each state to be sovereign and govern itself independently, and at the same time, it would be abNinethle to work with other individual states on the issues that they could not be able to achieve individually.
Eighth: The war on Gaza has proven beyond doubt that there is no such thing as a “comprehensive Arab identity”! Thus, we can conclude that the activists of the “Arab homeland project” have failed miserably in their attempt, which lasted for more than one hundred and fifty (150) years, to achieve this goal. In other words, they have failed to define “who they are” and what are the most important commonalities and issues that unite them! Even the “Palestinian cause”, which was the main slogan (and one of the most important goals) of every political change in the Arab countries since 1948, has become an issue that does not concern them! In other words, one might say, the war on Gaza has dropped, what so called, the “fig leaf” that was covering their shame! Worst of all, with regard to the commonality that was supposed to define the meaning of the “comprehensive Arab identity”
The Arabic Language, we find that the Arab elites and rulers are the ones who have disregarded their language the most! Even after the United Nations recognized – in the seventies of the last century – that the Arabic language is the sixth official language on the international level (out of more than six thousand languages and dialects in the world), you find the Arab rulers and officials are ashamed to speak their own language, and they prefer to speak in other foreign languages, especially English, even when most of them do not speak it well!
Nineth and Finally, let me end this article by expressing my deepest condolences to all patriotic and sincere Arabists for this lost, and who fought so hard to achieve their national dream< which is “the Arab Unity”, during the previous decades, and I hope that they will not give up, and continue their struggle for achieving the unity of all peoples in region.
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Dr. Mohamed Berween – Emeritus Professor of Politics and Administration, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas, USA
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