July 30, 2007

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar Assad (AP)

"If there is a mistake we can commit, today, it is to comb the clauses of that initiative and look for the differences. The wise thing is to see the opportunity that presented itself and try to take advantage of it, said Israeli Foreign Minister Livni."

The Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers were in Israel Wednesday to promote the Arab peace initiative…It was the first time in the history of the Arab-Israeli dispute that ministers came to Israel on behalf of the Arab League, an organization that has always been very hostile to the Jewish state. …

The Arab peace initiative has been endorsed by the vast majority of the 56 states that belong to the Organization of the Islamic Conference and "twenty-two Arab countries (that) stand behind this collective offer," Jordanian FM al-Khatib said. Access the full article>>

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