Social life in the Persian Gulf
On June 5, 2017, the social, economic and political life of the citizens of the Persian Gulf changed dramatically. That day Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain closed their borders and imposed a blockade of the state of Qatar, thus starting the so -called "Diplomatic Crisis of Qatar".
The tensions between Qatar and other GCC member countries (Gulf Cooperation Council) are not new, but began in 1995 when the Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani assumed the power in Qatar and began to challenge the dominant role of Saudi Arabia in the GCC in the GCC. The Emir Hamad Al Thani decided to adopt a more balanced policy for its international relations, established commercial relations with Iran (the great rival of Saudi Arabia) and created the Al-Jazeera television channel, which is currently the most important news channel of the most important news channel Arab world. Al-Jazeera held a key role in the conflict since it gave rise to the voices of Muslim political groups that the Saudi government did not support and was responsible for the journalistic coverage of events that bother other countries of the Middle East. The clearest example of this is the Arab spring (2010-2012), a wave of protests that claimed democracy and social rights in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Syria and Bahrain, which resulted in the first democratic elections in Egypt. These facts generated concerns to the Saudí and Al-Jazeera leaders took care of reports on all of them, so the tensions between Arabia and Qatar grew.
However, the drop that caused the overflowing glass was the cyber attack that "Qatar News Agency" suffered on May 24, 2017, from which Hackers leaked articles that showed support to Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Hamas and assumptions and assumptions Sayings of Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani in which the president Qatari described Iran as "a regional and Islamic power". The Qatar government quickly denied the veracity of this information, but this was not enough to calm the anger of Saudi Arabia and its allies.
All these years of conflict and tension lead us to the fact that this trial stars: the suspension of diplomatic relations and the land, air and maritime blockade imposed on Qatar for Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain; who then joined Yemen, Libya and the Maldives.
These countries extended a list of demands to Qatar to lift the blockade through Kuwait, who acted as a mediator. Some of these demands were: "Cut diplomatic relations with Iran, separate all ties with" terrorist organizations ", close al-jazeera and their affiliated stations, closure of the news media that Qatar finances, immediately end the military presence Turkish currently in Qatar, ending interference in the internal affairs of the sovereign countries, ceasing , pay repairs and compensation for losses of human lives and other financial losses caused by Qatar policies in recent years, align with the other Gulf countries and Arab countries from the military, political, social and economic point of view, be monitored for 10 years "
Faced with this series of demands, the Qatari government faced a difficult decision: accept the order and everything that this led to, or accept the blockade and its consequences but conserve its sovereignty. This is a type of situation in which costs and benefits of each option must be analyzed. Qatar chose to refuse the demands imposed by its neighboring countries and transform its entire economy because of the blockade, but why did this decision make?
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