UN's Ban presses for Israeli-Palestinian calm
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon held talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday but after two days of discussions in the region appeared no nearer to ending weeks of violence.
At a news conference with Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Ban denounced "hateful discourse" on both sides and said Israel's response to Palestinian knife attacks had "added to the already difficult challenges of restoring calm".
