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Morocco king's Jewish aide urges Israel to adopt Saudi peace plan
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel news, Arab 

between Cultures in Alexandria, Egypt, and he is soon scheduled to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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Azoulay has been active in promoting dialogue between Arabs and Jews and between East and West for many years. He has visited Israel many times and met with countless senior Israeli officials over the years. He argues that his work to advance peace between Arabs and Jews is part of his duty and belief as a Jew.

In his address at the Peres Peace Center Tuesday, he spoke about his trips to Saudi Arabia, who drafted the peace initiative, and about Saudi King Abdullah's call for dialogue between Islam and Judaism. "This is a revolution," he said. "In the past, I visited Saudi Arabia but I was asked to hide the fact that I was Jewish. Today, that is over. The climate has changed completely."

In regard to the peace initiative, Azoulay said that it was an opportunity that the Israeli public must understand, warning that the current opportunity could be lost if not taken advantage of. "This is something that the Israelis hoped for ten years ago. But who knows about it in Israel today? Who will take the initiative and explain it? The momentum will not last forever. This is a dangerous situation. Tomorrow something could happen in the West Bank and blow the whole deal, and we'll have to wait again," he said.



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  2.   Andre Azoulay needs to help with his history. 00:47  |  Ken Jurist 29/10/08
  3.   What this stupid title?!! 01:11  |  Afflalo, Ya`ish 29/10/08
  4.   Court Jew Speaks Up - should we care? 01:11  |  ZADOK 29/10/08
  5.   A Jew in Saudi shoots down an old argument... 01:30  |  BBSNews 29/10/08
  6.   A preposterous man,wishing Back to the Middle Ages 01:37  |  Absolute Sweden 29/10/08
  7.   Jewish Arab aide to Moroccan king urges Israel to adopt Saudi pea 01:39  |  boqal 29/10/08
  8.   Andre Azoulay, Not Interested In A phony Peace Plan 02:00  |  Livin In Rishon 29/10/08
  9.   Arab opinion 02:12  |  ricardo levy 29/10/08
  10.   Ken is incorrect again on the Saudi Plan... 02:53  |  BBSNews 29/10/08
  11.   I think that the only option is peace and live in peace 03:25  |  Simon Mohammed 29/10/08
  12.   Hey Ricardo, sign up on Al Jazeera... 04:45  |  BBSNews 29/10/08
  13.   Moroccan 06:12  |  Omy 29/10/08
  14.   Arab public believes a lot of nonsense. So what. 07:36  |  McQueen 29/10/08
  15.   BBS, you are dealing here with people who know you are lying 07:38  |  McQueen 29/10/08
  16.   Of course, you don`t like him: A Jew who shows what`s possible 09:22  |  Goy 29/10/08
  17.   What is an Arab Jew? 10:07  |  Shtarka 29/10/08
  18.   Azoulay sucks up to the King of Morocco for $$$ 10:23  |  Dwido 29/10/08
  19.   A azoulay is just defending his own nterest 11:58  |  victor 29/10/08
  20.   Shtarka, this may help you 12:39  |  Radha Lahore 29/10/08
  21.   Sorry Absolute Sweden 14:51  |  Al Hadif 29/10/08
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  24.   To Shrarka 17:03  |  Teacher 29/10/08
  25.   I hate to say this as I strongly support Israel 17:14  |  Howard 29/10/08
  26.   Definition Of An Arab Jew 17:57  |  Cranky Bastard 29/10/08
  27.   Hey Queen, care to back that up? 18:55  |  BBSNews 29/10/08
  28.   no land for peace 02:53  |  rich 30/10/08
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