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During his Middle East trip, Ban Ki-moon focused on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Arab Incitement , Dovid Efune , Israel PA , Israel Red Line , Mahmoud Abbas , Palestinian Incitement , Palestinian TV , Anti-Semitism , Benjamin Netanyahu , Israel Arabs , Israel Peace , Peace Talks , A day after low level 'peace talks' - with even lower expectations - collapsed; Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu engaged the Arab world ... (more)

First the old peace was lightly wounded. After Israel gave the Palestinians most of Gaza, the first bus blew up at Dizengoff Square.

The writer, an Italian journalist with Il Foglio, writes a weekly column for Arutz Sheva.

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday February 8th, 2012.

The meeting reportedly lasted for 45 minutes, during which they discussed Iran's nuclear program, stalled negotiations between Jerusalem and Ramallah, and the destabilizing situation in Syria.

With a fire extinguisher in his hand and a cellphone pressed to his ear, principal Sameeh abu Rameelh battled an electrical fire in his Jerusalem high school's computer lab while pleading with the fire department to come to his aid.

Palestinians walk past Hebrew graffiti after a property was vandalised by unknown attackers in the West Bank village of Al-Janiya near Ramallah on February 5, 2012.

Palestinian bloggers joined hands to blog for their country, in a blogging initiative led by Abir Kopty under the theme: "For you, oh praying city, we blog." In the following post, Kopty writes in Arabic about Social Media utilization in the Palestinian cause, and coordinating it with offline events on the ground.

Does Israel actually have a 'red line?'" Meaning, is there anything that the Arabs could do, that would prompt Israel to demand that the situation be remedied before agreeing to, or calling for, a return to discussions? The Author is the director of the Algemeiner Journal and the GJCF and can be e-mailed at defune@gjcf.com A day after low level ... (more)

Failure to make progress during the latest round of talks between the Palestinians and Israel led the Palestinian leadership to examine new ways in which to gain recognition in the international arena.

Settlers attacked a Ramallah village overnight Saturday, breaking into a house and vandalizing village property.

Recently, Yousef Shalian, program director of the Lutheran World Federation's Vocational Training Centre, visited Waterloo Region for the first time to share the many success stories coming out of the school.

Europe has been blanketed in snow as a Siberian cold front has brought record low temperatures to the region.

Appearing in Ramallah on the Palestinian Authority's Shaheed Day, Knesset Member Ahmed Tibi proclaimed that "nobody is more admirable than the shaheed... the ultimate source of pride... the symbol of the homeland... who blazes the trail for us and paves the path to liberty with his blood." To preempt Israeli backlash, Tibi feigned innocence.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, listens to Bashar al-Masri, head of the Bayti Real Estate Investment Company after visiting Rawabi, a massive new investment project just north of the west bank city of Ramallah on February 1, 2012.

No. Not until reports appeared that Jewish community leaders cancelled a meeting with him after intervention by Israeli PM Netanyahu's office and Israel's embassy in London, and Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi condemned the move as "seeking to suppress and manipulate Jewish public opinion". I put it to the Palestinian ambassador in London, ... (more)

How can that be, you ask. How could the BBC fawn over a child killer, you ask. It's Jewish children.

Syria o Support Of Arab League Plan In New York / Consultations o Foreign Minister Lavrov / Russian Support Of Draft Resolution o Increase In Violence / Defections o Security Upgrades / Ambassador Ford / Status Of Embassy Egypt o U.S. Citizens Staying On U.S. Embassy Compound In Cairo / NGO's o Visiting Egyptian Military Delegation To Meet With ... (more)

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urged the Palestinians to "stick with" direct talks as he pledged his commitment to the peace process in conversations with three top international leaders Wednesday - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Quartet special envoy Tony Blair and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.