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Arab League Says Peace Process is Dead

After a recent meeting of the Arab League in Cairo, the Secretary-General of that organization, Amr Moussa, declared the Middle East peace process to be effectively dead. The Arab League had met in response to the violence which broke out after a missile attack by the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah against Israel provided the cover for a ground attack that led to the deaths of eight Israeli soldiers and the kidnapping of two more. The Arab League was founded in response to the historical events which led to the birth of Israel, and has commonly acted as a tool of the Arab world in its fight to destroy the Jewish state.

While the meeting was held in Cairo, Egypt, the host nation of the Arab League was at one time drummed out of it for making peace with Israel in the late 1970s. Of course, the Arab Republic of Egypt was eventually let back in, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan remained a member in good standing after that country?s peace treaty with Israel in the mid-1990s, but since then the Arab League boycott of Israel has remained in force and meets regularly.

The Arab response to the outbreak of yet another war that it allowed to start has been mixed, with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak expressing hopes for a peaceful solution, Lebanon screaming to the United Nations for a cease fire, and Saudi condemnations of Hezbollah?s actions along with Saudi donations of tens of millions of dollars to Lebanon. Syria has openly expressed support for Hezbollah, which is unsurprising given the close ties Damascus has with that group.