Israel’s president exchanged pleasantries with Syrian and Iranian leaders at Pope John Paul II’s funeral. Moshe Katsav twice shook the hand of Syrian President Bashar Assad last Friday, Israeli media outlets reported, and also spoke briefly in Farsi with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.
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