Indonesia’s newly elected president reportedly favors dialogue with Israel. Abdurrahman Wahid visited Israel a number of times to receive medical treatment, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz. The newspaper also said he took part in a gathering organized two years ago by the Peres Center for Peace and visited the grave of slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, does not have diplomatic ties with Israel, but the two countries have maintained contacts through intermediaries.
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