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طالما أبو الغيط والخطيب في تل أبيب، فلماذا يقتل حبيب العدلي السودانية التي حاولت دخول إسرائيل؟
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/world/middleeast/25cn...l?_r=1&hp&oref=login
Quote: JERUSALEM, July 25 — The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan made a historic visit to Israel today to promote the Arab League’s peace initiative, the first time a delegation from the league has been sent to Israel.
The two foreign ministers met with Israeli leaders including the country’s president, Shimon Peres, and its foreign minister, Tzipi Livni. They were due to hold discussions with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert later today.
The league’s initiative would grant Israel full recognition and normal relations with its Arab neighbors in return for withdrawing to its 1967 borders and accepting the creation of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
It also calls for “an agreed, just solution” to the issue of Palestinian refugees. The initiative was begun by Saudi Arabia and endorsed by the Arab League in 2002.
“We are extending a hand of peace on behalf of the whole region to you, and we hope that we will be able to create the momentum needed to resume fruitful and productive negotiations” among Israel, Palestinians, and the rest of the Arab world, the Jordanian foreign minister, Abdul-Ilah al-Khatib, said at a news conference with Mr. Peres, The Associated Press reported.
The Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said he hoped Israel would respond positively to the proposal.
Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab countries that have signed peace treaties with Israel. They have served as an official diplomatic bridge between Israel and the other Arab nations.
Israel was cool to the Arab initiative when it was first put forth in 2002, but more recently it has yielded to pressure from the United States to discuss the plan. The United States, in turn, was responding to pressure from Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Even so, Israeli officials say they have many reservations about the proposal, though they have not completely shut the door on it.
Analysts say the visit comes at an awkward time. The armed takeover of Gaza by Hamas, the more radical of the two main Palestinian factions, has left no clear negotiating partner on the Palestinian side.
The Arab League delegation arrived the day after the former British prime minister Tony Blair made his first visit to Jerusalem as the special envoy of the so-called quartet of Middle East peacemakers, the United Nations, the European Union, Russia and the United States.
The delegation also met today with Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud opposition. Israeli news reports quoted Mr. Netanyahu as saying he rejected the Arab initiative and told the envoys that he does not believe withdrawals are a basis for peace, instead emphasizing closer economic co-operation.
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