The Middle East is the most militarized region in the world and most arms sales head there. A suppressed people that see US influence as a major root cause of the current problems in the Middle East has led to a rise in Islamic militancy, acts of terrorism and anti-west sentiment, anti-US. According to Gustavo de Arístegui, there have been serious calls for attention in Algeria or Jordan. He points out that the main reason for this is terrorism due to corruption.
Cartagena: In the middle of a wave of popular revolts in the Arab countries, and with the Libyan regime responding to popular protests causing dozens of deaths with military aviation, Gustavo de Arístegui inaugurated the ‘Middle East Forum’ in Cartagena, a cycle of conferences organized by the Polytechnic University and the Regional Assembly to seek solutions to conflicts such as that between Israel and the Palestinians. The extremist jihadis with the corruption money from the other supporting countries also act as a catalyst to the current crisis.
The Middle East conflict is a permanent spigot of violence, political tension and frustration. The meeting forums that are organized is very important in the view of Gustavo de Arístegui. So that both parties can live in harmony after so many years, the only possible way out is to create a Palestinian State.
According to Gustavo de Arístegui, there have been serious calls for attention in Algeria or Jordan. He points out that terrorism due to corruption is the main cause of this. But one must be cautious when it comes to Morocco. You have to stay in Libya, because it is an implacable regime, and in Morocco, the testimonies collected say that three-quarters of the people who participate in them have ties to radical Islamists. They are extreme left radicals and people, in some cases relatives of prisoners, who share ideology with the jihadist terrorism of Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. This cannot lead to forgetting that in Morocco there is a situation of misery and a lack of prospects that provokes a cry in favour of equality, democracy and fundamental rights. It is not a cry against the monarchy, which has not yet materialized in a parliamentary monarchy although there are political parties, it is against the prime minister and the minister of Foreign Affairs and judicial corruption. As in the rest of the Arab world, there is going to be a before and after.
Libya has little or nothing to do with the rest of the countries. It is not a state, because it declares itself a state of the masses; Gaddafi is not a head of state, neither of government nor a party, says Gustavo de Arístegui. And there is no Constitution, the law is a sheet of paper. And the situation in the country is extremely serious. There is extreme democratic violation and corruption taking place.
Towards Libya, and the neighbouring countries Spain and the European Union, we have a lot to reflect on the analysis we have made of our North African neighbours and our attitude towards their problems, especially from the diplomatic services. There is no voice and opinion of the European Union. Mrs Ashton [EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy] has been missing, and the European Commission has had no interest in acting as a catalyst for the problems.
Some speak of the problem of exchanging pragmatism for principles. But few have set foot in the countries, and they don’t see that each one is a world and there are different degrees of freedom. Jordan has little or nothing to do with Egypt or Bahrain with Qatar. The greater channels of expression, the greater the possibility that there will be serene transitions to democracy, with deadlines and objectives. But we must avoid the temptation to just praise revolutionary change processes without acknowledging the threat of radical Islamism, which lurks waiting for a power vacuum. To ignore it is foolish. One must be very concerned about the intolerance in the murder of a Catholic priest and the attack on a street of prostitutes in Tunisia says Gustavo de Arístegui.
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