... have been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen; civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain and Syria; and major protests have broken out in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Sudan. Some characteristics of this revolutionary movement are the key role of social media, difference of results in monarchies and dictatorial political setups, and the containment ... ongoing and has caused a grave humanitarian crisis with hundreds of thousands of internal and external refugees, and increasing social tensions in neighboring countries, especially Lebanon. In Morocco, Algeria...

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... that Israel looked] like an outpost of Western Imperialism',5 making the Israelis seem as an even bigger enemy in the eyes of the Arabs. As Michael B. Oren perfectly summarises, ˜if a new status quo had been created, it was one of inherent instability, a situation so combustible that the ... water ways was vital for Israeli survival, otherwise ˜the Zionist dream could not be realized'.7 However, this "dream " threatened Syria and Jordan as it would significantly reduce water available to their countries. After the Suez Crisis, Arab discontent over the water issue, began to heighten and...

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... . Israel's Enemies As mentioned previously, the most common tactic of Israel's "amen chorus" when faced with criticism of Israel is to attack Jordan, Syria, or Egypt. This plays to the common belief that all Arabs are a single monolithic group, so the Palestinians are somehow responsible for the ... actions of Egypt or Jordan. These nations are legitimately bad players. They are totalitarian religious theocracies, ruled with an iron grip by various dictators. Despite the vast ... not to mention the fact that Hamas is regarded by many Palestinians as more of a legitimate government than ...

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