Bagels for Batik?
In a low-key meeting, President Abdurrahman Wahid made a secret deal with Israel. Or so the story goes. Either way, it is liable to add to the nation's political woes.
January 30, 2001
Secret mission to Indonesia… That was the headline on Buzzy Gordon's article in The Jerusalem Post on January 25. The leading Israeli daily had uncovered something astounding. Reuven Horesh, director general of Israel's ministry of trade and industry, met Indonesia's President Abdurrahman Wahid in early January to talk business. This closed-door meeting with the leader of the world's largest Muslim nation reportedly took place in Jakarta and wa
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