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The Palestinian flag will be flown over Israeli President Shimon Peres' house in honor of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' upcoming visit, Carl in Jerusalem reports. He adds, “Peres is to give [Abbas] the full royal treatment including a red carpet.”

According to Israeli blogger Not a Fish's research: “While food prices all over the world are going up, in Gaza they are actually going down.” Could it be true? Read her blog to find out more.

“The Palestinians’ real tragedy is that they have not been able to produce a Nelson Mandela. Every single day, Muslims are killed by Muslims. You do not see a single Muslim leader get up and say, ‘Enough is enough.' It’s nearly as if we live in a world where if Christians kill Muslims, it’s a crusade. If Jews kill Muslims, it’s a massacre. And when Muslims kill Muslims, it’s the Weather Channel. Nobody cares.”

Read these and other quotes from Dan Gillerman, outgoing Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, on Elder of Ziyon.

“Stop asking me about religion, politics and history!” pleads Rebellious Arab Girl, in this post in which she sheds her personal thoughts on the above mentioned topics.

KABOBfest mark Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday with this photo post.

Rebellious Arab Girl has finally launched her Arabic Social Networking site here.

“[B]ecause Israel continues to control the Palestinian population registry (yes, even after Disengagement), it controls Palestinian movement; Palestinian life; and it tears that movement and life and the families that would want to enjoy them apart,” writes Palestinian Laila El Haddad in this post entitled “Land of the Cursed.”

“When Israelis and Palestinian put away the fumes of mistrust and fear and create a reasonable environment of normality and flowing reciprocal good feelings, then the heaven is the limit,” writes Shlomo of the Korzacsol blog. Palestinians and Israelis from the respective towns of Ramallah and Modiin have teamed up to found G.ho.st (short for Global Host Operating System).