Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, sits with Israeli lawmaker Shaul Mofaz, left, and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tzahi Hanegbi, during a committee meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, June 15, 2009. Carter, on a visit to Israel, said Monday the major policy speech delivered by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday "raised many new obstacles to peace that had not existed with previous prime ministers." AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, sits with Israeli lawmaker Shaul Mofaz, left, and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tzahi Hanegbi, during a committee meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, June 15, 2009. Carter, on a visit to Israel, said Monday the major policy speech delivered by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday "raised many new obstacles to peace that had not existed with previous prime ministers."

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  1. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Interior Minister Eliyahu Yishai (2nd R) arrive for the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem October 18, 2009. Netanyahu promised a lengthy diplomatic battle to "delegitimise" United Nations charges that Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip, an official said on Saturday.
  2. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Education Minister Gideon Saar attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem October 18, 2009. Netanyahu promised a lengthy diplomatic battle to "delegitimise" United Nations charges that Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip, an official said on Saturday.
  3. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, adjust their earpieces during a joint news conference at Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Zapatero is on an official visit to Israel and the West Bank.
  4. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) attends the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem October 12, 2009. Netanyahu gave no ground on peace with the Palestinians in a speech on Monday, reasserting they must recognise Israel as a Jewish state if they wanted a deal for a state of their own.
  5. JERUSALEM - OCTOBER 12: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) attends the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, October 12, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Netanyahu said that Israel would not allow its citizens to be tried for alleged war crimes over the Gaza war and that adopting a damning UN report on the offensive endangered the stalled peace process.
  6. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen during the opening of the winter session at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. Netanyahu on Monday vowed never to allow Israeli leaders or soldiers to stand trial for war crimes over their actions during last winter's military offensive in the Gaza Strip, furiously denouncing a recent U.N. report in a keynote address to parliament.

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