“Champion of Palestine, bold opponent, defiant lawmaker”—these are the words used to describe former Jordanian MP Imad al-Adwan, sentenced to 10 years in prison after “Israel” accused him of smuggling weapons to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

As American student protests in solidarity with Gaza face a crackdown, we're seeing a disturbing trend: narratives and practices reminiscent of justifications used by Arab dictatorships for the violent actions of their security forces are being replicated.

Following the scandalous silence regarding Ethiopia's threat to Egypt's national security by constructing and filling the Renaissance Dam, Egyptians woke up on May 7, 2024, to another disaster: Israeli occupation of the Palestinian side of the Rafah Crossing, blatantly disregarding the Camp David Accords.

Despite the attempts of some Arab regimes to consider revolutions as the main cause of the problems and suffering of citizens, the opinion of the people supporting those revolutions has not changed.