Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi speaks during the opening session of the annual Arab Media Forum in Dubai on May 14, 2013 where discussions revolved around the changes and developments in Arab media.
Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (C), Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb (R) and Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi (L) attend the opening session of the annual Arab Media Forum in Dubai on May 14, 2012, where discussions revolved around the changes and developments in Arab media.
FILE - In this Monday, April 8, 2013 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during the annual ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem. On the surface, the Arab League s new peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of _ normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land. But two weeks after Secretary of State John Kerry persuaded Arab leaders to reissue their 2002 offer with new incentives, Israel is maintaining a striking silence and critics are accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of tragically missing a historic opportunity.
Dancers perform on stage a Palestinian traditional dance during the Cultural Week at the National Theatre on May 9, 2013 in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The Cultural Week coincides with Baghdad being the 2013 Arab Capital of Culture, an initiative taken by the Arab League under the UNESCO.
A Palestinian woman sits with her son around a fire on the beach of Gaza City May 3, 2013. Islamist Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip on Friday rejected a revised Middle East peace initiative put forward by the Arab League, saying outsiders could not decide the fate of the Palestinians.
French President Francois Hollande, left, meets Kofi Annan, former Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, May 2, 2013.
