israel also launched as strikes on three hundred targets in the gaza strip meanwhile benjamin netanyahu has made the first state visit to amman by an israeli leader in twenty four years as a yahoo in the amani leaders sultan qaboos discussed ways to advance the middle east peace process the israeli prime minister as was invited to muscat after a lengthy behind the scenes contact. and news of his visit only imagined after he had for tent israel visit comes just days after the palestinian president mahmoud abbas also made a three day trip to the sultanate. i keep al-douri says senior columnist for the news website he says publishing the photos of the two leaders meeting in amman is significant i think we have to look at the true. love those of. us of the our peace initiative from two thousand and two members of the arab league and neighbors of the saudi arabia to take a small lead of the process mahmoud abbas and hamas and the mind recently