FEZ: THE STARTING POINT

THE BASIC ACCORDS REACHED at the Fez Arab Summit may be more celebrated for what they represent, rather than for what they may achieve. After so long an opposite demonstration, the Arab countries have shown that they can come together in broad agreement over fundamental issues. Had the Arab leaders at Fez failed to do so, the credibility of the Arab case would have been so impaired as to seem almost counterfeit and the notion of a united Arab political position discredited beyond reasonable belief.