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• Saudis downplay significance of handshake with Deputy FM Ayalon
• Palestinian official: Indirect Mideast talks to begin February 20
• Turmoil at NY Times as Israel bureau chief's son enlists in IDF
• Hamas leader Meshal: Israel has made Mideast peace impossible
• Iran FM: Israel is a crazy country run by crazies

Saudis downplay significance of handshake with Deputy FM Ayalon Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:02 AM PST Saudi Arabia urges international community to take firm stance against Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.

Palestinian official: Indirect Mideast talks to begin February 20 Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:59 AM PST Following heavy international pressure, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to the U.S. proposal to hold talks with Israel - in the format of indirect negotiations conducted by U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell. ...

Turmoil at NY Times as Israel bureau chief's son enlists in IDF Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:57 AM PST Several New York Times editors have engaged in a battle of opinions of late, after Jerusalem Bureau Chief Ethan Bronner son announced that he had recently joined the Israel Defense Forces. ...

Hamas leader Meshal: Israel has made Mideast peace impossible Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:40 AM PST Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal said Monday that he sees no prospects for a Middle East peace settlement, telling reporters during a visit to Moscow that Israel's continued military offensives and occupation made such an agreement impossible. ...

Iran FM: Israel is a crazy country run by crazies Posted: 08 Feb 2010 10:15 AM PST Iranian Foreign Minister Manchour Mottaki on Monday said that Israel was now weaker than ever before, adding that it was a "crazy country run by crazy people." ...

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