Palestine and the Arab State System: Permeability, State Consolidation and theIntifada
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Canadian Journal of Political Science
- Vol. 24 (3), 595-621
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s000842390002271x
Abstract
This article examines the sensitivity of Arab states to the political and ideological repercussions of the Palestine issue by focussing upon Egypt, Syria and Jordan. It suggests that the policies of Arab regimes towards the Palestine issue have been substantially shaped by historical patterns of state formation, and by the gradual consolidation of the Arab state system. This has served to “harden” the Arab territorial state, creating conditions under which Arab states are increasingly (if only partially) insulated from the transnational effects of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Cet article examine la sensibilité des États arabes face aux répercussions politiques et idéologiques de la question palestinienne; l'accent est mis sur l'Egypte, la Syrie et la Jordanie. On y suggère que les politiques des régimes arabes envers la question palestinienne ont été substantiellement façonnées par d'historiques tendances de formation étatique, et par la graduelle consolidation du système d'États arabes. Ceci a « endurci » l'État territorial arabe, créant des conditions selon lesquelles les états arabes sont de plus en plus (bien que partiellement) à l'abri des effets transnationaux du conflit israélo-palestinien.Keywords
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