# How will the governments of the arab world abandoning the palestinians in the 2024 war in Gaza affect political stability in the middle east

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**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\
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Given the long-term evolution of the 2011 “Arab Spring” revolts… I very very very much doubt that it would be possible for the populations in Arab countries to effectively bring down those governments in any meaningful way (for an exemple, see Egypt - comparing Al-Sisi with Hosni Mubarak we have exactly a situation of “meet the new boss, same as the old boss”).

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-governments-of-the-arab-world-abandoning-the-palestinians-in-the-2024-war-in-gaza-affect-political-stability-in-the-middle-east/1004013/22 "2024-07-12T18:50:36Z")

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@JoseB nailed it.

> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> and I wonder if it’ll lead to insurgencies and civil wars to bring down these governments in the near future.

That rumination is pure fantasy.

The Arab areas / Middle East will certyainly be different 100 years from now. But there will not be a wave of populist / fundamentalist revolutions in the next 5 or 10 years. And if there were to be, “the Palestinians” would be about number 43 on the list of reasons a man on the “Arab street” might cite for supporting his local revolution.

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