Where are the Arabs?
According to Gabriel, another source of authority, pan-Arabism, also cannot serve the Palestinians in their struggle. A struggle in the name of Arab identity, aimed at demonstrating that “Arabism” can find a worthy solution for all its peoples, enhances the good name of the Arab family but not of the Palestinian one. This is even more pronounced when pan-Arabism and its institutions, such as the Arab League, have shown utter impotence and been a resounding failure in solving the Palestinian question. The call “Where are the Arabs?” – uttered by a Palestinian woman whose son was killed by Israeli fire – no longer moves anyone. “The Arabs are using the Palestinian problem as a drainage channel for all their rivers of crises and problems,” Gabriel maintains. In other words, the Arab states place Palestine at the top of their agenda only in order to avoid dealing with their own problems. Accordingly, he concludes, the Palestine issue “will be the last of all the Arab problems that will be
