sentences:  The League was effectively paralyzed by the eruption of the Gulf crisis, and its future as a regional organization became highly uncertain.Until the Israeli–Lebanese war in the summer of 2006, the League had started making positive moves and was starting to regain respect with the Jewish public and media.Arab citizens in general perceive themselves as one people divided among a number of states with history, geography, language, culture, and socio-economic interests propelling them to forge one great Arab Nation (Arabism).