After accidentally entering Hebron on Thursday night, five American-Jewish students were attacked with rocks and firebombs before a local Palestinian man took them into his home to keep them safe until the IDF could evacuate them;
* Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent offer to go to Ramallah to resume peace talks based on "two states for two peoples", was rejected by a senior Palestinian Authority official;
* According to the UN, more than 13 million children are being denied an education as a result of various conflicts in the Middle East. The UN report warns that the hopes of a generation will be dashed if they cannot return to their classrooms;
* In her Directorial debut, Natalie Portman premiered her new film, "A Tale of Love and Darkness" in Jerusalem this past week.
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The vast majority of middle east people cannot read or write to save their souls – Afghanistan when I was there had a literacy rate of less than 5%. But the men all could quote the koran forwards and backwards.