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In spite of the several Arab-Israeli wars, that of 1967 could be the worst in terms of the strategic impacts on the Palestinian issue, in particular, and the Arab World, in general. The present study aims at both exploring the reality of the settlement 50 years later and providing a critical reading of the repercussions of lacking an Arab-Palestinian strategy to manage the conflict with Israel. The study is divided into four sections. Section One discusses the concept and philosophy of the peaceful settlement. Section Two analyzes the repercussions of the 1967 Arab defeat and the problems of the settlement. Section Three relates 3 variables: the development of the settlement process, the dismantling of the Arab World and the consolidation of the US domination. Section Four assesses the pan-Arab behaviour in the process over 50 years. Upon reviewing the 50-year long settlement, it is asserted that the US-Israeli dimension of the conflict has largely weakened the Arab and Palestinian parties, by dragging them to negotiations while constricting their capabilities in countering the Zionist aspirations. Moreover, the US has utilized the settlement to impose its own control over the entire Arab region and marginalize the impact of most other international parties. As a result, the Arabs and Palestinians have become without any reliable international or regional supporter in resisting the US-Israeli alliance. Although the process is not credible anymore due to Israeli actions and unlimited US alignment, it does not mean that the conflict is won by such expansionists. Rather, it motivates the Palestinian internal dimension to revive the national liberation movement, which would promote the possibility of a new wave of Arab uprisings in the next few years. Finally, the settlement is only one stage of the history of the long Arab- Israeli conflict. However, lasting for 5 decades indicates the weakness of the Palestinian and Arab elites, being unable to innovate alternatives which push peoples to defy the Israeli status quo options and the international parties' intervention by supporting the occupation. This is possible whenever internal Palestinian and pan-Arab cohesion is maintained and the vision to manage the conflict is clear. The discriminatory and aggressive nature of the Hebrew State hampers any settlement unless it means ceding the Palestinian and Arab rights, which is rejected by the noble powers of peoples.
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