ABSTRACT
The relationship between the Arab regimes and the Palestine question has been a continuous theme in Arab politics, since the World War I. Most of the literature on the subject addresses itself to that aspect of the relationship which deals with impact of the Arab political order on the Palestine issue. However, serious attention has been devoted to examining effects of the Palestine problem on the evolution and development of the Arab regimes. In the modern history, impact of Palestine on the Arab state structure has been more evident and direct than it was in the decade which followed the Arab defeat in 1948. During that time, Palestine acts as focus of political solidarity in Arab societies, and tends to minimise influence of the elements of dissension within each of them. Until 1967, impact of the Palestine question on policies and structures of the Arab states was determined by the strength of the moral and political commitment of Arab peoples.
