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• Arab mediation efforts undermined by lack of accountability
         by Ghassan Khatib
  
  Lebanese tensions were partly a reflection of the conflicting interests of Arab countries.
  
  

• A good thing in the right circumstances
        by Yossi Alpher
  
  The current Egyptian and possibly Syrian efforts hardly reflect some sort of Arab diplomatic renaissance.
  
  
  

• Back to constructive chaos
         by Zvi Bar'el

  The Arab states are now trying to solve conflicts that were considered unsolvable without a non-Arab, mainly American, mediator.