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Article: Arab League sending historic mission to Israel
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- July 9, 2007
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face=+Bold; Sweeping peace initiative aimed at helping Abbasface=-Bold;
By Steve Weizman
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 Israel's cabinet approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners, hoping to bolster Abbas in his power struggle with the Islamic militant Hamas.
An official League visit would be a diplomatic coup for Israel. The League historically has been hostile toward the Jewish state, but has grown increasingly ...