By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
The ripples across the international community in the wake of the UAE/Israel peace are beginning to be felt.
There has been virtually no condemnation of the agreement - except from the regular suspects, Palestinians, Iran and Turkey.
Several countries in the Arab world are denying that they are in talks with the Jewish state, but they are - and that too is to be expected.
The reality is that the Arab world is no longer what it once was. The Palestinian issue, once front and center, is now practically irrelevant.
The Arab world has determined that Palestinian leadership is locked into the past, that they do not see and are unwilling to accept the new reality that has emerged – that Israel is here to stay and that Israel is a force to be dealt with.
Palestinian leadership remains steadfast and cannot be coaxed or tempted or convinced that it is better to accept the new reality, which means peace and coexistence, than be locked into an unrealistic hope that Israel will be destroyed by the combined efforts of the pan-Arab society.
The prevalent stance of greater Arab leadership, in the Middle East and beyond the region, is that there is more to gain from Israel than by ignoring or totally rejecting her.
It took a lot of growth and soul searching to reach that conclusion. Kudos to today’s Arab leadership.
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