Arab League envoys paid a historic visit to Israel on Wednesday to present a plan for a regional settlement, saying they were extending "a hand of peace" on behalf of the Arab world.
Far from the Hollywood glitz of Kabbalah's celebrity acolytes, ordinary people are flocking to Israel's capital of ancient Jewish mysticism this summer on a quest for spiritual meaning.
JERUSALEM, July 25 -- The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan came to Israel on Wednesday to promote an Arab peace plan in the first visit by official representatives of the Arab League to the Jewish state.
Arab League envoys paid a historic visit to Israel on Wednesday to present a plan calling for a comprehensive regional settlement, saying they were extending "a hand of peace" on behalf of the Arab world.
Arab ministers said they were encouraged by how Israel received a new Middle East peace plan on Wednesday as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said serious talks had begun towards creating a Palestinian state.
Two Arab envoys on a landmark visit to Israel presented its leaders with a regional land-for-peace plan on Wednesday and called for a rapid timetable for talks with the Palestinians over statehood.
Israel's supreme court on Wednesday ordered the prosecution to explain its decision to drop rape charges against former president Moshe Katzav within three weeks, judicial sources said.
Israel's largest trade union Wednesday began a general strike that shut down the country's seaports, land crossings, railways, mail service, garbage collection and many other public services.
Arab envoys on a landmark visit to Israel presented its leaders with a regional land-for-peace plan on Wednesday and called for a rapid timetable for talks with the Palestinians over statehood.
The first Arab League delegation to visit Israel was on Wednesday locked in "historic" talks with Israeli leaders in west Jerusalem to promote a newly revived Middle East peace plan.