Attempts are to be made to resolve the Arab-Israeli dispute, together with the Palestinian issue.

He went on to assert that democratic reform "is also essential to a peaceful resolution of the longstanding Arab-Israeli dispute."

Al Ahram focused instead on the Arab-Israeli dispute, a far more important issue to many.

Nor does Damascus continue to insist that every other Arab-Israeli dispute has to be resolved at the same time.

Leaving the Arab-Israeli dispute unsettled for decades has opened the door to all manner of religious extremists, they argue.

Iran has conducted a semi-hostile takeover of what used to be known as the Arab-Israeli dispute.

But they resist any formal linkage with the Arab-Israeli dispute.

The recommendation was never implemented because of the continued Arab-Israeli dispute.

The changed atmosphere remains tenuous, naturally, subject to potential eruptions of violence in the Arab-Israeli dispute.

Once that is done, he reiterated, there will be much greater opportunities to settle the Arab-Israeli dispute.