(Turkish Press) Islamic hardliners have torched flags to protest Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's overtures to Israel, but analysts say the emerging rapport is a daring and welcome diplomatic coup. The contacts improve Pakistan's image in the West and with the U.S.'s influential Jewish lobby, analysts said. Political analyst Ansar Mahmood Bhatti said the new relationship between the world's second largest Muslim nation and Israel could even help to resolve the Palestinian problem.
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