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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
In the second half of the 2000s, several
unprecedented developments in the
Arab-Israeli confl ict have highlighted
the potential of a dramatic alteration
of the Middle East's strategic landscape.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has sponsored
a world conference on dialogue
among various faiths and cultures, including
Islam, Christianity and Judaism. It
opened with a meeting in Madrid, Spain,
in July 2008, and a follow-up session
was held under the auspices of the United
Nations in New York City the following
November. The list of participants in this
latest meeting included the kings of Saudi
Arabia and Jordan; the emirs of Kuwait
and Bahrain; the presidents of Israel, the
United States, Finland, Pakistan and Lebanon;
and the prime ministers of Britain,
Qatar, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates,
Djibouti and Egypt.
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