If you're wondering why the Arab world is not very excited about the prospects of serious breakthroughs and real justice being achieved in the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations launched in Washington on Thursday, perhaps the place to look is not there, but rather in the underlying political governance and decision-making systems that define the Arab world.
In that vein, two particular sagas are playing out before our eyes that are helping to clarify why the Arab world seems unable to make coherent war or peace with Israel, and allows the Palestinians to negotiate on their own without any serious backing from the Arabs other than occasional rhetorical promises.
