Sunday, February 7, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Silvan Shalom: Prospects for Arab-Israeli Regional Cooperation - '...We have in some respects already narrowed the gaps between Israel and individual Arab countries. Egypt and Jordan have embassies in Israel, and Israel has a significant natural gas agreement with Egypt. I have met the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Indonesia and others from the Gulf States and North Africa. I visited Tunisia - the first visit of an Israeli minister to arrive in an Israeli airplane - as well as Turkey, Mauritania, and other countries that cannot yet be revealed. Despite the region's many dangers, I hope that through judicious negotiations, responsible leadership, and deft diplomacy, Israel can in the coming years do even more to foster regional cooperation.'
