Hosting Palestinian factions projected Algerian leadership onto the Arab center stage.
Evidence
At the end of the event, President Tebboune spoke briefly to link the reconciliation agreement to the 1988 declaration of independence, which took place in the same room (Al Araby, 2022a). By sharing the stage with the representatives of the main Palestinian factions, Tebboune appeared as the classic Arab zaim who would write his name in the Palestinian hall of fame. And because of the prevalence of the Palestinian cause in the minds of many Arabs, he was subsequently propelled to the center stage of Arab politics after having been ignored by the Arab masses. — Youssef Cherif, Neo-pan-Arabism, 76
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the manufactured-enemy reading purpose: the Palestinian cause serves Algeria as an external object of solidarity that restores pan-Arab relevance and the zaim role once internal anti-imperialist mobilizing had faded.