Israeli Embassy spokesman Mark Regev also responded to reader queries. From Hope to Hostility Follow the growing Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Post stories and photos. A new hard-line government has taken charge in Israel.
Clashes erupt almost daily in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Popular opposition is rising to international sanctions against Iraq. And worries are growing about how to keep pace with the global economy. The Saudi royalty apparently was reluctant to associate itself with a potentially pro-Iraqi meeting. The Palestinians complained that money promised at the last meeting of Arab leaders, last October in Cairo, has not been received. And the English-language Jordan Times sniped at neighboring Syria, saying its call for a renewed boycott of Israel was disingenuous because, unlike Jordan, it has no trade relations at stake.