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The report addresses the crisis of the collective Arab vision in confronting Israeli annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing) policies. Its importance is to highlight the pressing situation facing Arab politics in formulating a collective vision and the lack of implementation plans to confront Israeli annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing) programs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Hence, such policies pose significant risks and threats to Arab national security, highlighting their necessity and emergence.
The report looks to formulate a collective Arab vision to define the roles and responsibilities of all parties in addressing this crisis. Thus, effective and strong Arab policies capable of halting Israeli recklessness and threats to Arab national security are to be produced. Such policies are articulated by agreeing on the precise objective description of the crisis, identifying its repercussions and dimensions, and determining the various parties' positions.
It also examines the most prominent possible scenarios for this crisis in the medium and long term. The report describes the crisis as "the absence of a collective, agreed-upon Arab vision capable of preventing Israel from achieving its goals of annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing)."
The report finds that the crisis is linked to declining Arab interest in the Palestinian cause. Such perception refers to a declining perception and awareness of the level of Israeli threat to Arab national security and the tendency of some Arab states to adopt unilateral positions in dealing with Israel.
It also finds that some Arab states could not take appropriate measures to confront such Israeli policies in a joint Arab action, represented by the role of the Arab League in addressing the problem, which has also declined.
This is in addition to the Arab division and growing competition over leadership of the Arab region, the crisis of the divided Palestinian position, and the failure of reconciliation attempts.
The report identifies several reasons and motives for the crisis's emergence, such as the predominance of the philosophy of prioritizing national interests over collective national interests, the state of Arab world impotence at the international level, the Arab reliance on the alliance with the United States, and the subordination of all Arab policies to the positions and policies of the American ally.
Moreover, some new prevailing approaches have contributed to consolidating the crisis of articulating a strong collective vision on this matter, including the shaky image of the unified and inclusive Arab system, the weakening effectiveness of transnational nationalist and Islamist movements, the growing calls for retreat into local concerns, and the weak strategic understanding of the consequences of these Israeli projects.
The report also identified several drivers behind the crisis. At the Palestinian level, the division, the absence of a unified Palestinian discourse, and the weakness of the official Palestinian position in the war on Gaza are prominent drivers.
Other drivers at the Arab level include the absence of a role for unifying Arab institutions, conflicting interests among Arab states, the imbalance of criteria for assessing and characterizing the Arab vision for the "enemy and ally," the imbalance of power in the Arab world, the decline of the role of central powers, and the dominance of internal priorities at the expense of major and collective issues in the Arab world.
The report also noted that the crisis has many political, legal, and economic dimensions. They are projected by the increasing Israeli threat to the security situation in the region and its complexity. It is also shown in the pressure on Palestinian and Arab economies.
The report investigates several repercussions of the crisis; the most important are: 1) Israel's monopolization of the security of each Arab state individually and 2) opening the door to further Arab fragmentation at different levels, where both expose collective national security to Israeli new threats.
The report also investigated Israel's implementation of expansionist policies at the expense of Arab states and their internal affairs, in addition to the growing revival of the "Greater Israel from the Euphrates to the Nile" theory among the Israeli intellectuals in the political and ideological stream and in the Israeli current government right.
The report identifies the leading players in this crisis. It analyses their roles and the impact of their policies and interests on crisis emergence and continuation. It also identifies how these players can influence or exacerbate possible solutions to this crisis.
The report presents four possible scenarios for the outcome of the crisis: 1) agreement on a collective Arab vision to confront annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing) policies; 2) partial agreement on a shared Arab vision to confront annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing) policies; 3) coordination to confront Israeli annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing) policies being limited to the parties directly threatened by their repercussions; and 4) confrontation of Israeli annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing) policies individually, with no bilateral or collective coordination.
The second scenario, "partial agreement on a common Arab vision to confront annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing) policies," seems preferable. It encompasses most Arab countries and provides significant political cover and support for the Palestinian, Jordanian, Egyptian, Syrian, and Lebanese positions directly threatened by the repercussions of these policies.
In the end, the report concludes with a proposed vision for a way out of the crisis: "Masses Arab political, economic, security, and other strengths and capabilities to confront Israel's policies of annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing), and impose sanctions and deterrent measures against Israel and these policies based on a collective vision and joint Arab collective action supported by Islamic and international players' support."
The report recommends several Arab strategies and measures to achieve the vision: 1) restoring cohesion to the standard Arab and international positions, 2) halting Israel's policies of annexing lands and implementing transfer against the population of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank through various effective means.
Such strategies assume to support the Palestinian people and their struggle, entrenching them on their land and preventing the liquidation of the Palestinian cause. It is also supposed to support Arab front-line states in reducing their dependence on external actors, strengthening and solidifying their position in confronting Israeli policies of annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing) and protecting Arab adjacent countries' borders.
The report also calls for the revival of joint Arab action and its institutions and the strengthening of bilateral and collective Arab diplomacy. These measures are to enhance political and diplomatic coordination and build a unified Arab strategy to confront Israeli expansionist ambitions in Palestine and the region at large.
The report also suggests establishing permanent Arab bodies to monitor Israeli policies in the United Nations and international courts, implementing UN resolutions against Israeli annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing) policies, and encouraging the development of national strategies for confrontation that complement neighboring and supporting Arab strategy and using political and economic pressure tools on Israel.
Such strategy is pursued in exchange for intensifying political, economic, and humanitarian support for the Palestinian people, resorting to international courts by raising cases against Israel, especially those related to annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing), mobilizing global public opinion, and exerting pressure on world major countries including US and EU, and the leading international organizations.
As such, it is necessary to call on the Security Council to develop binding resolutions. Israel is obligated by international law to halt its annexation and displacement (transfer and ethnic cleansing) policies. The UNSC has to activate the provisions of Chapter VII to protect the Palestinian people against these inhumane Israeli policies.
Keywords: Keywords: Arab vision, the Arab world, annexation, displacement, Israel, Arab crisis team, Palestine, transfer, ethnic cleansing.
