MIDDLE EAST . . . KING HUSSEIN PLAYS GOOD NEIGHBOR

A day after he issued a decree that made theIsrael-Jordan peace treatyofficial, King Hussein flew to the shores of the Sea of Galilee and became the second Arab leader -- after Egypt's President Anwar Sadat -- to visit Israel publicly. Hussein arrived in northern Israel by helicopter, then shook hands with well-wishers and even kissed a baby on the way to three hours of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The King has secretly slipped into Israel over the years for negotiations during periods when the two countries were privately chummy but officially at war. BTW: Sadat, whose visit was also televised, was assassinated in 1981 by Islamic militants opposed to the Egypt-Israel peace treaty.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board.