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Israel: Visiting Ban pleads for calm
by Our Foreign Desk
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon called for calm on a surprise visit to Jerusalem yesterday.
Ahead of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Mr Ban told Palestinians that he sympathised with their plight: “I know your hopes for peace have been dashed countless times,” he said. “You are angry at the continued occupation and expansion of settlements.
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