From Kuwait News Agency:Arab Parliament Speaker Ahmad Al-Jarwan on Tuesday emphatically condemned the "strange and abhorrent" phenomenon of terrorism in the Arab world.So Arab terrorism is a "strange and abhorrent phenomenon"?
Addressing an Arab Parliament session held here, Al-Jarwan said: "Internal conflicts and disputes and heinous terrorist operations only serve foreign plans aiming to disrupt security and impede growth, development and prosperity." He stressed the necessity of denouncing terrorism, stopping increasing domestic conflicts and unifying efforts to achieve development with a view to cutting off the way for anybody who could try to tamper with regional security and stability.
"As representatives of the Arab people, we at the Arab Parliament need to convey the voice of the Arab people who are yearning for security, stability and development on our dear great nation," he said.
Internal stability and security are the key to comprehensive development for which everybody should work in order to fulfill the expectations and hopes of the Arab people, Al-Jarwan pointed out.
Edward Holden, who was an Arabophile, wrote in the 19th century:
The primary duty of the early Arab was blood-revenge. An insult to himself, or an injury to the tribe, must be wiped out with the blood of the offender. Hence arose the multitude of tribal feuds. It was Muhammad who first checked the private feud by fixing "the price of blood" to be paid by the aggressor or by his tribe.This being an Arab summit, naturally there has to be some Israel-bashing:
Concerning Palestine, Al-Jarwan condemned Israel's continuing Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territories, making it certain that the Palestinian issue is the core of the Arab-Zionist conflict.
He also blasted Israeli attempts to Judaize the occupied city of Jerusalem by changing its Arab characteristics and imposing Israeli hegemony on the holy city.