A summit of industrialized nations endorsed Israel’s plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. The G8 summit in Sea Island, Ga., which included Arab participants, ended its summit Thursday by calling on the diplomatic “Quartet” sponsoring Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts to meet in the region with Israelis and Palestinians before the end of the month.
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