The Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism by Hamid Dabashi

Author:Hamid Dabashi
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 1780322232
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2012-11-15T08:00:00+00:00

Beinart gives a bravura summary of Jewish triumphs and Arab defeats, ending with the Zionist cliché that ‘We went from strength to strength; they never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.’ But he then seeks to redeem himself, declaring with a hint of nostalgia:

That world is gone. America and Israel are no longer driving history in the Middle East; for the first time in a long time, Arabs are. In Tahrir Square, Egypt’s young made a revolution. President Obama bowed to reality and helped show Hosni Mubarak the door; Benjamin Netanyahu stood athwart history, impotently yelling stop. Now Egypt’s leaders are doing its people’s will, bringing Hamas and Fatah together in preparation for elections. Hamas and Fatah are complying because they fear their own Tahrir Square … For American and Israeli leaders accustomed to Palestinian autocrats and Palestinian terrorists, this is something new. Netanyahu and his American backers are demanding that Obama rewind the clock, but he can’t.

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