If the resolution of the 1996 had been implemented, Israel would not have been so intransigent. There was a minor, if significant shift, in the Arab position on the peace process in this week's summit, compared to that adopted in 1996. Then, the Arab leaders asserted that peace with Israel was their sole strategic choice. This time around, they reasserted their support for the choice of peace but pointed out that it was not the only one open for them. Peace does not mean giving up our rights but rather defending them.
Peace needs force and deterrence.
The worst thing is peace of weakness or war of weakness. Financial aid to the Palestinians was perhaps what most distinguished this week's summit from the one before it. On the other hand, a gradually escalating policy of boycott of Israel seems to have been initiated.