In Jerusalem, visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher was hospitalized Monday after a group of Palestinians threw shoes at him and called him a traitor outside the Al-Asqsa mosque. It was not clear if the 68-year-old foreign minister was injured. Israeli police have arrested five Palestinians in connection with the incident. Agence France Press reported the suspected assailants were members of a fringe Palestinian group called the Islamic Liberation Party. The group opposed Maher’s meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in an attempt to restore peace talks.