In a twisted way, Iran still seems to be helping Israel. In furthering Israel's narrative of being the victim. Iran, in turn, stands as isolated today as its arch enemy Iraq once was.

Among other things, it will explain why Israel is what it is. The tendency to underestimate Israel resurfaced in 1967 when, egged on by the adulation that accompanied the pompous pan-Arabism of ...

The underlying reason, perhaps, was the sense that without Nasser, there was no other Arab leader who could truly represent the aspiration for a renewed pan-Arabism or Arab nationalism.

With deep British ties, he sought to maintain stability, but by the 1960s, Pan-Arabism under Nasser had become a dominant force, threatening both Jordan’s monarchy and Israel’s very existence.

The great Nasser died a few days later, leaving a massive vacuum at the head of the pan-Arab movement. The time had come for al-Assad to get rid of the last obstacle standing in his way.

Rooted in the Arabic term Ba’ath, meaning “renaissance,” the movement espoused principles such as anti-Western imperialism, anti-Zionism, Arab nationalism, Arab socialism, Pan-Arabism, and ...

For instance, the CIA was reportedly involved in orchestrating coups and supporting conservative monarchies to counter Nasser's influence. By the 1970s, Pan-Arabism had largely faded, replaced by ...