U.S. presidential hopeful Romney arrives in Israel for visit

JERUSALEM, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Presumed U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrived in Israel Saturday night for a brief visit that is widely seen aimed at wooing the votes of Jews in the upcoming elections.

Israel is the second leg of Romney's three-country tour that began in London and will also take him to Poland.

Romney, who enjoys cordial ties with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is scheduled to meet Netanyahu Sunday morning. He will also meet Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian National Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, according to Israeli media.

Romney is scheduled to give a foreign policy address in the late afternoon in Jerusalem, but reporters have not been invited to attend the event.

Romney is slated to leave for Poland at about noon on Monday. Before taking off, he is scheduled to host a fundraiser at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem Monday morning. The cost to attend the event, where Romney is expected to appear for 45 minutes, is 50,000 U.S. dollars per donor, The Jerusalem Post reported. Enditem