Changes made to Arab peace initiative

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Changes made to Arab peace initiative

By Salah Nasrawi
ASSOCIATED PRESS

March 20, 2005

ALGIERS, Algeria – Under pressure from other Arab countries, Jordan yesterday accepted amendments to its contentious proposal that was designed to revise Arab demands on Israel in return for normal relations.

Diplomats said the adjusted proposal reaffirms the Arab commitment to peace with Israel in return for the land Arabs lost to the Jewish state in the 1967 Middle East war.

Arab diplomats said Jordanian Foreign Minister Hani al-Mulqi came under immense pressure from his counterparts to amend the earlier proposal, which had dropped specific references to Israel's return of land as part of full normalization with Arab states.

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