A New Dawn for Arab Unity?
Emile Hokayem, The National | March 26, 2009
The Arab League’s annual meeting could mark the beginning of a new chapter in Arab unity as the Iranian threat brings Arab states closer. ++ But regional politics might point in a different direction as a “Cold War” is being waged: the “muddled and divided Arab response to the Israeli assault on Gaza” made this a profound reality. ++ Those seeing Doha as a potential breakthrough should not hold their breath as the failed attempt of the Arab League to secure “either Arab reconciliation or Palestinian fence-mending” promises little success.
