New York, Jan. 20 : Eager to find new ways to bypass reporters and get out their message unfiltered, Israelis and Palestinians found cyberspace fertile ground for a propaganda war.

According to the New York Daily News, frustrated by the media focus on the suffering of women and children, the Israeli Defense Forces have started their own YouTube channel, where they posted videos showing air strikes on Hamas rocket installations.

Brussels- European Union foreign ministers are to meet twice with top officials from the Middle East this week in Brussels to discuss an international response to the ongoing crisis in Gaza, the bloc's Czech presidency announced Monday.

The first meeting, a working dinner, will be held on Wednesday evening and will bring together the foreign ministers of the EU's 27 member states and Israel, the presidency announced in a statement.

Beirut - The head of the Lebanese majority, Member of Parliament Saad Hariri, on Monday

Brussels - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the European Union's capital on Monday for talks on Iran, Gaza and his country's EU hopes, officials in Brussels said.

Erdogan was due to meet the EU's highest foreign-policy official, Javier Solana, to "discuss EU-Turkey relations and other foreign policy issues, in particular the latest developments in the Middle East and Iran," a statement from Solana's office said.

Gaza City - Palestinian militant factions in the Gaza Strip, including Hamas, said Sunday they agreed to a ceasefire with Israel, but gave the Jewish state one week to withdraw its forces from the

Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a joint statement Saturday to the governments of Israel and Egypt supporting efforts for a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

According to the statement, the three EU countries "declared our readiness to take a series of measures that would contribute to the end of weapons smuggling into Gaza."