US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell, right, seen with chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat ahead of a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the residence of the Palestinian ambassador in Amman, Jordan, Monday Nov. 2, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell, right, seen with chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat ahead of a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the residence of the Palestinian ambassador in Amman, Jordan, Monday Nov. 2, 2009.

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  1. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) speaks during a press conference with chief Palestinian negotaitor Saeb Erakat (R) after he met with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Amman on November 17, 2009.
  2. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) meets with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Amman on November 17, 2009.
  3. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) meets with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Amman on November 17, 2009.
  4. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas speaks during a press conference after a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on November 17, 2009. The leaders centered their talk on the situation in the Palestinian territories and the Arab peace initiative after last week�s Arab League meeting.
  5. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (R) and chief negotiator Saeb Erakat (L) hold a press conference after a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on November 17, 2009. The leaders centered their talk on the situation in the Palestinian territories and the Arab peace initiative after last week�s Arab League meeting.
  6. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) meets with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas (L) in Cairo on November 17, 2009. The leaders centered their talk on the situation in the Palestinian territories and the Arab peace initiative after last week�s Arab League meeting.
  7. U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, stands with chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, center, ahead of a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, not seen, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Mitchell pressed Israel to curtail settlement construction, but announced no breakthroughs after more than two hours of talks Tuesday.
  8. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaks to the media during a news conference with Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (not pictured) after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman November 17, 2009.
  9. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaks to the media during a news conference with Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (not pictured) after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman November 17, 2009.
  10. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaks to the media during a news conference with Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (not pictured) after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman November 17, 2009.
  11. A Palestinian workers walks by an empty construction site of a housing development in the neighborhood of Gilo, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 17. 2009. A top Palestinian official says there is no point in negotiating while Israel expands Jewish neighborhoods in the part of Jerusalem the Palestinians want for their capital. The rebuke from negotiator Saeb Erekat came as the Jerusalem district planning commission deposited a plan for building 900 more housing units next to an existing Jewish neighborhood in east Jerusalem.
  12. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) speaks to the media next to Saeb Erekat (L), a top Palestinian negotiator, after a meeting with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak at the Presidential palace in Cairo November 17, 2009.
  13. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with U.S. envoy George Mitchell (L) before their meeting in Jerusalem October 8, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama's special peace envoy sought on Thursday an "early relaunch" of Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Israel said Washington's goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion.
  14. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman walks with U.S. envoy George Mitchell (L) before their meeting in Jerusalem October 8, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama's special peace envoy sought on Thursday an "early relaunch" of Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Israel said Washington's goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion.
  15. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with U.S. envoy George Mitchell (L) before their meeting in Jerusalem October 8, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama's special peace envoy sought on Thursday an "early relaunch" of Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Israel said Washington's goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion.
  16. U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, shakes hands with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, during their meeting in the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Lieberman declared Thursday that there is no chance of reaching a final accord with the Palestinians any time soon, casting a pall over Mitchell's latest effort to get peace talks moving again.

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