Article: Arab League delegation going to Israel

STEVE WEIZMAN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-09-2007

Arab League delegation going to Israel -- Historic mission in peace process
By STEVE WEIZMAN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 07-09-2007, Monday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions

JERUSALEM — The 22-country Arab League will send envoys on a historic first mission to Israel this week to discuss a sweeping Arab peace initiative and how it might prop up embattled Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli and Arab diplomats said Sunday.

The announcement came the same day that Israel's Cabinet approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners, hoping to bolster Abbas in his power struggle with the Islamic militant Hamas.

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