With the Arab leadership having miserably failed to resolve internal differences, there's little hope that the upcoming Arab League summit will come to a consensus on burning issues
The Arab world is in a shambles. Nearly half of Yemen’s population is on the brink of starvation. Millions of Syrians have been forced to abandon homes. Libya is divided among various power centres, while Qatar is facing an economic blockade from its neighbours. And Palestinians have been reduced to sitting ducks waiting to be picked by Israeli guns.
That’s mainly because member states have preferred to pursue individual interests over the rhetorical commitments to Palestine, regional peace and other issues. And it has come down hard on its own members as well if they have digressed too far from the League’s agenda. Egypt was forced out for 10 years when it signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979.
Then again, the Arab League, despite being the first international body to wade into the Syrian civil war, wasn’t able to enforce any of its decisions. Relations are frosty even between League’s rich member countries, which have their own grouping, the Gulf Cooperation Council . For instance, Iran was quick to emerge as Qatar’s key trading partner after Saudi Arabia cut off food supplies to Doha.
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