Introduction
The United Arabs Emirate is a country in the Middle East. It is about 30,000 square miles with a population of around six million people. The climate of the united Arabs Emirates is hot and humid with considerably low rainfall. The country is largely a desert but there is little agriculture practiced in some areas.
Its capital city is Abu Dhabi with Dubai as a major and established city. The Arab world is majorly Islamic with other religions like Christianity and Hinduism forming a minority. Arabic is the official language of the countries but English, Hindu, Urdu and Bengali are also common languages in the locality.
This paper seeks to discuss the United Arabs states after the Second World War and the aspects of the six-day war. The paper will contain details of: pan Arabism and the rise of Nasser in Egypt, goals of the Arab states, involvement of Syria in the United Arab Republic and the events that led to the constitutional monarchy. The paper will also discuss the events that led to the six-day war, the major events of the war, the outcome of the war and its contribution to the current political situation in the Middle East.
The Pan-Arabism and Nasser of Egypt
The pan Arabism was an ideological movement among the Arab society to be united under one government system. According to Wagner (2009), the history of unity of the Arabs can be traced to the spread of the Arab culture. The formal move however began in 1913 at an Arab congress in France where calls were made for greater independence of the then Ottoman empire.
The unity was then encouraged by Britain and France as a move to undermine Turkey who was their opponent. The control of the region by Britain and France derailed the movement which was later provoked by the settlement of Jews and the establishment of Israel. There was a revolt in Palestine to oppose the presence of the Jews in the region in the year 1936. This was followed by pan Arab conferences that saw different Arab governments coming together.
After the Second World War, the Arab states received external support from Germany and Italy over the independence of the Arabs. Negotiations among the Arab states and with their colonial power, Britain, led to the formation of the league of the Arab states. A preparatory chatter, the Alexandria protocol, was drafted and adopted in the year 1945 to establish the League of Arab States. The members of the league were: “Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan and Yemen” (Wagner, 2009, p. 1).
Abd-al Nasser was identifiable as the champion of the pan Arabism after the Second World War. Nasser was primarily a nationalist but had a great urge to push the united Arab world towards independence. The then Egyptian president succeeded in suppressing colonial imperialism, a fact that made him and his country Egypt to be the hope of the Arab world.
The movement was further marked by the union of Egypt and Syria in 1958 to form the United Arab Republic under Nasser. It was Syria that initiated the talks with Egypt to form the United Arab Republic. This move further agitated unity among the Arab states (Science, 2011).
Goals of the United Arab Republic
The goals of the United Arab Republic were similar to the goals of the parent pan-Arab movement. The goals were to unite the Arabs under one leadership and free the Arab world from colonial imperialism.
Events That Led To Constitutional Monarchy in Jordan
The constitutional monarchy that was established in Jordan was a result of the political struggle against a selfish dictatorial government. The moves by the opposition to establish reforms together with the media helped in achieving the change to the constitutional monarchy (Aruri, 1972).
THE Six-Day War
The six day war was one of the wars that were witnessed between Israel and the Arabs. It is actually said to be the third of the wars between the two entities. There were a series of events that led to this particular war. One of the events to the war was a series of attacks on Israel. The Palestinian liberalization organization had been making a series of attacks on the Israeli border.
The Palestinian policies were criticized but their intentions were never reversed. The Arabs continued to build tensions against Israel and culminated it with attacks on Israel. It is recorded that about thirty five terror attacks were launched against Israel in the year 1965. The attacks continued and escalated to a rate of thirty seven attacks in the first quarter of the year 1967.
There were other preliminary attack caused by tension between Israel and the Arab nations. The national water carrier project built by Israel for example increased tension between the two groups. Syria, on the ground of these tensions had also been attacking Israeli citizens along a contested border between Syria and Israel. Another event that led to the war was a set of military provocations that continually emanated from the Arab states.
There were attempts by the Israeli side to have a peaceful negotiation into the settlement of the row with the Arabs, an opinion that the Arabs led by Nasser of Egypt, never wanted to consider. The Arab states otherwise expressed their preparedness for war which was finally exercised by the Syrian attack on Israel in April of the year 1967. The psychological support from Russia then led to the military provocation on Israel by the Arabs led by Egypt (Palestine, 2007).
Also significant in the times to the war was the “blockage of the straits of Tiran” (Palestine, 2007, p. 1). Egypt, in May 1967, closed the strait to all vessels of Israel. The strait was the only connection between Israel and its oil supplier, Iran. The closure of the strait was in addition unpleasant to Israel as it violated the agreement that was formerly made on any attempt to close the strait.
It had also been recognized by United Nations that Israel had a right to use the strait. The final event that triggered the war was the Egyptian move to set its joint Arab troops at Sinai. The troops with crude weaponry from many Arab nations including Iraq and Kuwait were ready to launch attach on Israel. This made the Israeli parliament to approve for a necessary step to defend Israel (Palestine, 2007).
Effects of the Six Day War
One of the immediate effects of the war was the anti-Jewish protests in the Arab states that even threatened the extinction of Jews from the Arab world. The war has led to the perception that Israel is the “cause of conflict rather than the effect” (Six Day, 2007, p. 2). This could be due to the fact that Israel won the war and opinion favors the weaker side (Six Day, 2007).
Conclusion
There seems to be a special conflict between Israel and the Arab nations in the Middle East. Conflict of interest between the Arab world and Israel is the main cause if the tension which has ever been present since the nation of Israel was created. A specialized mechanism should be initiated so solve the conflict between the two parties.
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