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The Arab World’s Political Dilemma: Between Islamic “Resistance” and the Western State System

The Arab World’s Political Dilemma: Between Islamic “Resistance” and the Western State System

January 18, 2007 | Pinhas Inbari
What type of political system does the Arab world want to have? Normal statehood, or a belligerent “resistance” in which the state is only a platform to provide infrastructure and services to the “resistance.” This is an inter-Arab decision, and neither Israel nor the international community can make this decision for the Arabs. There are currently three active “resistances” in the Arab world: the Iraqi “resistance,” Hizballah, and the Palestinian “resistance.”