Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas holds the son of a former Palestinian prisoner, released today from an Israeli jail, at a press conference in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Israel freed 19 Palestinian women prisoners on Friday after Hamas militants handed over a video disc offering a first glimpse of an Israeli soldier they've held captive for more than three years. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas holds the son of a former Palestinian prisoner, released today from an Israeli jail, at a press conference in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Israel freed 19 Palestinian women prisoners on Friday after Hamas militants handed over a video disc offering a first glimpse of an Israeli soldier they've held captive for more than three years.

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  1. Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, the prime minister of the Hamas-run government in Gaza, speaks at the parliament in Gaza city on October 5, 2009 against the Palestinian Authority's support for delaying the endorsement of a UN report on possible war crimes committed during Israel's Gaza offensive. Haniya accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of the 'absurd and criminal' decision to delay endorsement of the report, a move he said endangered Egyptian-brokered national unity talks.
  2. Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, the prime minister of the Hamas-run government in Gaza, speaks at the parliament in Gaza city on October 5, 2009 against the Palestinian Authority's support for delaying the endorsement of a UN report on possible war crimes committed during Israel's Gaza offensive. Haniya accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of the 'absurd and criminal' decision to delay endorsement of the report, a move he said endangered Egyptian-brokered national unity talks.
  3. A Hamas movement supporter holds a poster showing Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine, with Hamas protesters superimposed in the background, during a demonstration in the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon on October 4, 2009 against a UN decision to delay a vote on a report accusing Israel of war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Authority is under fire for giving in to what critics said was US and Israeli pressure to defer a vote by the UN Human Rights Council on the report by the former international war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone.
  4. Hamas leader Ismail Haniya (R) gives a speech on October 4, 2009 during a reception at his office in Gaza City for Roudah Habib (L), the final Palestinian woman prisoner set free by Israel as part of a breakthrough swap with the Hamas movement for a video of its soldier held in Gaza for more than three years. Habib was released into Gaza via the Erez crossing, where she was greeted by relatives and friends before being escorted to Haniya's office, Habib's sister told.
  5. Hamas leader Ismail Haniya offers flowers to Roudah Habib (C), the final Palestinian woman prisoner set free by Israel as part of a breakthrough swap with the Hamas movement for a video of its soldier held in Gaza for more than three years, as he welcomes her at his office in Gaza city following her release on October 4, 2009. Habib was released into Gaza via the Erez crossing, where she was greeted by relatives and friends before being escorted to Haniya's office, Habib's sister told.
  6. Hamas leader Ismail Haniya waves to the crowd near house in Gaza City of the the final Palestinian woman prisoner released by Israel on October 4, 2009 as part of a breakthrough swap with the Hamas movement for a video of its soldier held in Gaza for more than three years. Roudah Habib was released into Gaza via the Erez crossing, where she was greeted by relatives and friends before being escorted to Haniya's office, Habib's sister told.
  7. Hamas leader Ismail Haniya waves to the crowd near house in Gaza City of the the final Palestinian woman prisoner released by Israel on October 4, 2009 as part of a breakthrough swap with the Hamas movement for a video of its soldier held in Gaza for more than three years. Roudah Habib was released into Gaza via the Erez crossing, where she was greeted by relatives and friends before being escorted to Haniya's office, Habib's sister told.
  8. Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (3rd R) waves after his visit to the house of newly released Palestinian prisoner Rawda Saed (not pictured) in Gaza City October 4, 2009. Israel freed the Palestinian woman prisoner to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the last of 20 it has swapped for a videotape that provided the first visible evidence that a soldier captured in 2006 was still alive.
  9. Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, center, waves to the press after leaving the Eid al-Adha prayers, on the first day of celebrations for the holiday, in Gaza City, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is celebrated to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son.
  10. Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, center, greets Palestinian pilgrims waiting to cross to Egypt for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. A Hamas delegation was in Egypt on Tuesday meeting with the German official trying to finalize an agreement, as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried on Tuesday to temper expectations that a deal to free an Israeli soldier held by Hamas militants was imminent. After three years of troubled negotiations, officials in Israel and the Gaza Strip have recently reported progress toward clinching a deal to swap Sgt. Gilad Schalit for some 1,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
  11. Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, center, waves to Palestinian pilgrims waiting to cross to Egypt for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. A Hamas delegation was in Egypt on Tuesday meeting with the German official trying to finalize an agreement, as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried on Tuesday to temper expectations that a deal to free an Israeli soldier held by Hamas militants was imminent. After three years of troubled negotiations, officials in Israel and the Gaza Strip have recently reported progress toward clinching a deal to swap Sgt. Gilad Schalit for some 1,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
  12. Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, top center, speaks to Palestinian pilgrims waiting to cross to Egypt for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. A Hamas delegation was in Egypt on Tuesday meeting with the German official trying to finalize an agreement, as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried on Tuesday to temper expectations that a deal to free an Israeli soldier held by Hamas militants was imminent. After three years of troubled negotiations, officials in Israel and the Gaza Strip have recently reported progress toward clinching a deal to swap Sgt. Gilad Schalit for some 1,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
  13. Palestinian bodyguards wait to escort Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh as he leaves a mosque after Friday prayers, in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. The U.N. Human Rights Council is heading for a showdown vote on a report accusing Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter.
  14. Surrounded by bodyguards, Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, leaves a mosque after Friday prayers, in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. The U.N. Human Rights Council is heading for a showdown vote on a report accusing Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter.
  15. Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh gestures before getting into a car after Friday prayers in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. The U.N. Human Rights Council is heading for a showdown vote on a report accusing Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter.
  16. Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, right, holds a press conference with released Palestinian prisoner Rawda Saad, left, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Israel released Saad, 31, as part of a prisoner deal which started last week. Israel agreed to release 20 female prisoners held on security charges in return for a videotape of an Israeli soldier held by Hamas.

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