We may be present at the destruction "of pan-Arabism and perhaps even of the Arab world as a political entity," Bernard Lewis writes in the new issue of Foreign Affairs magazine. From his ivory tower this eminent Middle Eastern scholar glimpses historic change that escapes many policy makers and analysts trapped in the rush of daily events.

Recent visits to Washington by Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein provide supporting evidence for Lewis's provocative thesis. Both leaders delivered the same message in private and official conversations with Americans: ...

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