European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana greets US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on June 24, 2008 at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, at the opening of an international conference aiming to bolster the rule of law in the Palestinian territories and create the necessary conditions for the creation of a viable state. The one-day conference in the German capital will be followed in the evening by a meeting of the Middle East Quartet a week after Hamas and Israel declared a truce. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana greets US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on June 24, 2008 at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, at the opening of an international conference aiming to bolster the rule of law in the Palestinian territories and create the necessary conditions for the creation of a viable state. The one-day conference in the German capital will be followed in the evening by a meeting of the Middle East Quartet a week after Hamas and Israel declared a truce.

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