. . . . the most recent Arab League summit, which took place in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum — presumably as a show of support to the host government — ended with a resolution denying that any massacres had taken place in Darfur and expressing resistance to any outside intervention in the “internal” affairs of an Arab country. (Not surprisingly, this stance is identical to that taken by Osama Bin Laden.) By adopting this argument, the Arab League was not just covering up for the atrocities perpetrated by the Sudanese government, but also for the direct or indirect involvement in this part of the Sudan of some of the Arab governments attending the summit.

The article goes on to contrast this behavior not only with Israel's (which is an easy shot) but with that of other African nations:

The contrast between the Arab League’s denial of any massacres in Darfur and the handover of Charles Taylor by the Nigerian government to the U.N.-backed special court in Sierra Leone is telling, to say the least. Taylor, who had received support from some members of the Arab League, will be the first African leader to face war-crimes charges.

It remains a serious concern that while many regions of the world are moving forward and finding, with the support of the international community, mechanisms to bring the likes of Chile’s Pinochet, Yugoslavia’s Milosevic and Liberia’s Taylor to justice, the Arab League’s denial of the atrocities in Darfur demonstrates not only disrespect for human life, but proof that the Arab world may be falling into a darkness of which we had only a glimpse in New York, Madrid and London.

As RL points out, "may be falling" is not the tense which reflects reality.

Another contrast, from Treppenwitz, brings to mind the Israeli offered blood donation refused by the Palestinians:

Palestinian child needs a bone marrow transplant, is treated in an Israeli hospital because the Palestinian ones aren't equipped (because Suha needed so many pairs of shoes or militia needed to replace their ammo), PA Ministry of Health has a long history of non-payment of bills, so various Israeli organizations agree to foot most of the bill, requiring the PA to kick in only about 15%. PA Health Minister - who is a doctor - refuses to sign the check because it would be supporting the Zionist enemy.

You might wonder what it is going to take for supposedly civilized people to acknowledge that there is something very wrong here, and no, it's not the Israelis. Well, apparently it takes years of bombings and riots and death threats to dislodge the knee-jerk sympathy for an Arab world oppressed by concepts of Western civilization such as protection of the weak and honest self-examination. Ironically, the academic boycott is just getting into high gear as the rest of Europe starts to shift in the other direction.