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Peres to join Saudi King on interfaith panel for first time
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Shimon Peres, interfaith 

President Shimon Peres has been invited to take part in a United Nations interfaith conference initiated by Saudi King Abdullah in Washington next week.

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is expected to accompany Peres to the conference, which will mark the first time Peres will participate in a panel alongside the Saudi ruler.

In addition to Peres and Abdullah, the panel will include Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Jordanian King Abdullah, the king of Bahrain, the emir of Kuwait, the prime minister of Qatar, the prime minister of Yemen and the president of Pakistan.
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The President's Residence issued a statement Tuesday saying "Peres and Livni plan to hold a round of political meetings with senior officials from the Arab world on the sidelines of the conference."

Peres was planning to invite a rabbi, a Muslim Kadi and a Christian priest to join his delegation to the conference, "to show that Israel is a country that allows freedom of worship to all believers."

The conference is part of Abdullah's initiative to promote interfaith dialogue, joined by religious representatives from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths. A similar conference convened recently in Madrid.
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  1.   Surely this can`t be true? 21:58  |  BBSNews 04/11/08
  2.   Diplomatic breakthrough? 22:52  |  Realist 04/11/08
  3.   Will Peres or Abdullah be the chazan at prayers? 23:59  |  Sam 04/11/08
  4.   The Last of the First 00:00  |  Mark Lincoln 05/11/08
  5.   ONLY TAKE ORTHODOX JEWS! 00:26  |  Barry S. Roffman 05/11/08
  6.   isnt that speical 00:34  |  gays4 israel 05/11/08
  7.   BBS: HOW VERY LITTLE YOU UNDERSTAND. 00:51  |  Brant 05/11/08
  8.   Peres is Meeting His paymaster 00:51  |  Joe Klien 05/11/08
  9.   Interfaith? 00:59  |  david 05/11/08
  10.   BS news 1 supports Livni? The kiss of death 01:09  |  Realist 05/11/08
  11.   This is a very good idea! 01:37  |  Edith 05/11/08
  12.   Realist, I`ve never written with hatred towards Israelis... 02:07  |  BBSNews 05/11/08
  13.   Incorrect Brant... 02:21  |  BBSNews 05/11/08
  14.   Stop killing Arab Palestinians b4 seeking peace 02:28  |  Moise 05/11/08
  15.   I Can Handle This 03:53  |  Yosemite 05/11/08
  16.   BBS news 04:29  |  evelyn-the chrisitan 05/11/08
  17.   So cute and quaint 05:14  |  Josh 05/11/08
  18.   why not in saudi arebia 07:34  |  obama 05/11/08
  19.   The so called rabbi of Safed should be invited 08:40  |  Sameer 05/11/08
  20.   Sameer... 08:52  |  B 05/11/08
  21.   Peres 09:34  |  Jean Van Daem 05/11/08
  22.   Re Interfaith? 09:44  |  Cynical 05/11/08
  23.   Dialogue 11:06  |  Motic 05/11/08
  24.   Mahmoud Abbas, President? 12:02  |  Aharon Rosenbaum 05/11/08
  25.   The blind leading the naked 12:51  |  Ofer Maimon 05/11/08
  26.   will the secular peres be invited to mecca? 13:18  |  victor hardman 05/11/08
  27.   Responds to # 13 BBS News 14:22  |  H.H.M. 05/11/08
  28.   Interfaith conference with none equal partners 15:31  |  H.H.M. 05/11/08
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