JPost.com - Israeli-Arab tensions could cancel top level Med meeting
The Jerusalem Post reports: "Tension between Israel and neighboring Arab states has likely lead to the cancelation of a meeting of leaders from European and Arab Mediterranean states in Barcelona scheduled for the 21st of this month, according to diplomatic sources. A statement about the delay of the Union for the Mediterranean Conference had not been issued by press time."

Comment: What really impresses me about the Mediterranean Union is not how unlikely it is as a political or economic cooperation zone, but how closely its borders mirror the borders of the ancient Roman Empire. Food for thought.