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Source: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/802/op4.htm
Arab Meltdown
(Al-Ahram-Egypt) Salama A. Salama - The Palestinians must be aware by now that they can no longer count on Arab help, economically, politically, or militarily. Arab nations have had enough of this endless tragedy. They've had enough of the slogans and rhetoric that gets us nowhere. Arab governments have run out of options. PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh isn't even asking the international community to intervene. He's aware that it was his movement that turned down the international community's pleas to recognize Israel. The Palestinians have no hope of winning U.S. sympathy or Europe's support. And they have lost Arab backing, both on the official and non-official levels. Arab nations are simply too disappointed to react. In a region that is drowning in conflicts, from Iraq to Lebanon and from Sudan to Iran, the Palestinian problem is becoming just one of many.