Jordan, Bahrain Discuss Mideast Situation

The leaders of Bahrain and Jordan discussed Tuesday means to restart Middle East peacemaking and end ongoing Palestinian-Israeli violence.  

Talks between Jordan's King Abdullah II and Bahrain's King, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, focused on the "oppressive Israeli practices against the Palestinian people and efforts to push forward the (Mideast) peace process," Bahrain News Agency reported.  

Abdullah is trying to get Israelis and Palestinians to end 18 months of violence, which has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people.  

Abdullah later left to the UAE, his final stop in a two-day Gulf Arab tour. (Albawaba.com) 

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