Arabs Urge Israel Toward Peace

THE first delegation from the Arab League to visit Israel will push for peace in the Middle East when foreign ministers from Egypt and Jordan the only Arab countries which recognise Israel meet Israel’s prime minister Ehud Olmert today.

The ministers will urge Israel to consider the Arab peace initiative offering

Israel normal ties with all Arab states in return for a full Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories, the creation of a Palestinian state and a solution to the Palestinian refugee problem.

Israel responded coolly to the Arab initiative when it was first proposed in 2002 but recently it has expressed a greater willingness..

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