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    Why Trump’s Mideast splash is causing barely a ripple in Arab world

    Jan 27, 2020 5 minutes

    The Palestinian cause has been the lifeblood of Arab leaders, inspired countless poems and songs, been the subject of entire school textbooks, and was a factor in three regional wars.

    It once united peoples from Morocco to the Arabian Peninsula more than even the Arabic language itself.

    Yet as the Trump administration is set to unveil a one-sided peace deal potentially legitimizing the Israeli annexation of lands Arabs across the region once vowed to die for, something has happened to Arab support for Palestinian nationalism.

    A change in calculations and priorities by Arab leaders, coupled with the wariness with which young Arabs view their own governments, has muddled the message on Palestinian statehood.

    Just as startling as the suddenness of announcing President Donald Trump’s long-promised peace plan, the details of which he is expected to

    Shift in the GulfPalestinian apathyJordan and Egypt  Arab protesters

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