Article: A constructive role for the Arab League


Jerusalem Post
04-01-2008
Headline: A constructive role for the Arab League
Edition; Daily
Section: Opinion
Page: 13

Tuesday, April 1, 2008 -- Wrapping up its meeting in Damascus on Sunday, the Arab League threatened to "reevaluate" its 2002 peace offer to Israel. The plan is contingent, Secretary-General Amr Moussa warned, on "Israel executing its commitments."

Actually, it is Arab League policy which needs reevaluation. Six years after it was tendered by the Saudi Crown prince, now king, Abdullah, Arab leaders still do not comprehend why Israelis haven't enthusiastically embraced their initiative.

First, some context: The Arab League was founded in 1945, in Cairo. Its primary mission was to ...

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