Israel’s foreign minister predicted improved diplomatic relations with the Arab world. Silvan Shalom, who was key to brokering the release this week of an Israeli Druse jailed on espionage charges in Egypt, said Monday that the region was ripe for reconciliation thanks to the U.S.-led war on Iraq.
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