Within the pastel walls of a modest suburban office, Israeli high-tech workers have accomplished a feat that still eludes their political leaders: They have created a partnership with the Palestinians. Israeli-Palestinian peace talks may be stalled, but that hasn’t stopped a small but steady trickle of Israeli technology companies from seeking to work with people on the other side of the decades-old conflict. Israeli CEOs say it’s their way of bringing a little bit of peace to their troubled corner of the world. But the real reason they’re hiring Palestinians, they acknowledge, is because it simply makes good business sense.—After making a $1m. donation to Israel during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, Steven Spielberg was blacklisted by the Arab League’s Central Boycott Office. At least that is what the contents of US diplomatic cable sent from Damascus in 2007 said, The Guardian newspaper reported on Friday. The British paper said that the cable released by WikiLeaks revealed that a meeting was held by the Arab League’s Central Boycott Office in April 2007 during which the 14 Arab states attending voted to ban the sale of films or other products made by or directly connected to the prominent American Jewish director.