Roughly 20 years after the official fall of the Berlin Wall, Palestinian protesters in the West Bank used their weekly demonstration at the town of Na'alin to uproot a portion of the infamous separation wall, Haaretz reports.
Side note: I mentioned below about uses of the phrase "Allahu akbar" in relation to the Fort Hood shooting. You can hear the protesters shouting it in the video when the wall section finally tips to the side. So that would be an example of a positive use.
Gregg mentioned in his roundup this morning that George Mitchell, the United States' special envoy to the Middle East, is meeting with high-level Israeli officials in Tel Aviv today. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, won't be there.
But don't fret: Netanyahu, much as he might like to, isn't ducking Mitchell. He's in Egypt, discussing regional peace and the fate of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
The Jerusalem Post, reporting on Netanyahu's visit, says Israel isn't pleased with the state of peace negotiations:
