Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) sits next to opposition leader and former foreign minister, Tzipi Livni (L), at the Knesset before a meeting of the Israeli parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in Jerusalem on June 1, 2009. Netanyahu vowed on May 31 there would be no let-up in Israel's much-criticised blockade of Gaza, warning that the ceasefire with the territory's Hamas rulers remained fragile. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) sits next to opposition leader and former foreign minister, Tzipi Livni (L), at the Knesset before a meeting of the Israeli parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in Jerusalem on June 1, 2009. Netanyahu vowed on May 31 there would be no let-up in Israel's much-criticised blockade of Gaza, warning that the ceasefire with the territory's Hamas rulers remained fragile.

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  2. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - AUGUST 31: Madonna and her Brazilian boyfriend Jesus Luz climb into their car after dinner with Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni on August 31, 2009 in Tel Aviv. Madonna landed in Israel early morning ahead of two scheduled Tel Aviv concerts, the final stop on her Sticky and Sweet tour.
  3. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - AUGUST 31: Madonna (C) and Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni leave after dinner at the chic Stefan Braun restaurant on August 31, 2009 in Tel Aviv. Madonna landed in Israel early morning ahead of two scheduled Tel Aviv concerts, the final stop on her Sticky and Sweet tour. Walking behind Madonna is her Brazilian boyfriend Jesus Luz.
  4. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - AUGUST 31: Madonna and her Brazilian boyfriend Jesus Luz climb into their car after dinner with Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni on August 31, 2009 in Tel Aviv. Madonna landed in Israel early morning ahead of two scheduled Tel Aviv concerts, the final stop on her Sticky and Sweet tour.
  5. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - AUGUST 31: Madonna (center left) and Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni walk out of a corridor together after their dinner at the chic Stefan Braun restaurant on August 31, 2009 in Tel Aviv. Madonna landed in Israel early morning ahead of two scheduled Tel Aviv concerts, the final stop on her Sticky and Sweet tour. Walking behind Madonna is her Brazilian boyfriend Jesus Luz.
  6. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - AUGUST 31: Madonna and her Brazilian boyfriend Jesus Luz climb into their car after dinner with Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni on August 31, 2009 in Tel Aviv. Madonna landed in Israel early morning ahead of two scheduled Tel Aviv concerts, the final stop on her Sticky and Sweet tour.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.

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