Some commentators identify two distinct blocs in the Arab world – a so-called “axis of normalization” and an “axis of resistance.”
SUPPORTERS OF Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr shout slogans during a celebration after Iraq’s parliament passed a law criminalizing normalizing relations with Israel, in Baghdad last month.(photo credit: THAIER AL-SUDANI/REUTERS)ByNEVILLE TELLER