| ID | 111721 |
| Title Proper | Have the Arab uprisings lost their Spring? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Klug, Tony |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Nothing, it seems, is quite what it seems. If even illustrious experts spectacularly failed to foresee the seismic shifts engulfing the Arab world, how is the ordinary observer supposed to make sense of events? How may we distinguish fact from fiction, wheat from chaff, real value from face value?
Turning to the political class for answers is no panacea, for insight and prescience are hardly their strong suits, either. Take Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu: no sooner had he boasted "there is only one country in the whole of the Middle East that has no troubles, no protests - that's Israel," than his country's social protest movement erupted beneath him. |
| `In' analytical Note | Palestine Israel Journal Vol. 18, No.1; 2012: p.34-40 |
| Journal Source | Palestine Israel Journal Vol. 18, No.1; 2012: p.34-40 |
| Key Words | Israel ; Binyamin Netanyahu ; Middle East ; Arab World ; Arab Spring ; Syria ; Regional Reaction ; Arab League ; Human Rights ; Pearl Revolution ; Bahrain ; United States ; Hizbullah ; Sunni Arab ; Iranian Shia ; Iran |