JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - APRIL 26: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak makes a fist as he speaks about possible peace negotiations with Syria as he is stopped by the media on his way to the weekly cabinet meeting on April 26, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Tel Aviv is marking the 100th anniversary of its establishment on the sand dunes of the Mediterranean Sea. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - APRIL 26: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak makes a fist as he speaks about possible peace negotiations with Syria as he is stopped by the media on his way to the weekly cabinet meeting on April 26, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Tel Aviv is marking the 100th anniversary of its establishment on the sand dunes of the Mediterranean Sea.

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  3. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak addresses a mass rally marking the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on November 7, 2009. About 20,000 people massed in Rabin Square where the late prime minister was killed by a Jewish extremist on November 4, 1995, after attending a peace rally.
  4. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak addresses a mass rally marking the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on November 7, 2009. About 20,000 people massed in Rabin Square where the late prime minister was killed by a Jewish extremist on November 4, 1995, after attending a peace rally.
  5. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak addresses a mass rally marking the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. About 20,000 people massed in Rabin Square where the late prime minister was killed by a Jewish extremist on November 4, 1995, after attending a peace rally.
  6. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak addresses a mass rally marking the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. About 20,000 people massed in Rabin Square where the late prime minister was killed by a Jewish extremist on November 4, 1995, after attending a peace rally.
  7. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Defence Minister Ehud Barak prepare to give a press conference at the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on November 05, 2009. Israel called on the international community to take action against Iran, blaming Tehran for dispatching a weapons-laden ship to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia. Netanyahu said the boat intercepted by the Israeli navy overnight on November 4 carried thousands of rockets 'whose only aim is to hit civilians and kill as many civilians as possible.'
  8. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Defence Minister Ehud Barak prepare to give a press conference at the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on November 05, 2009. Israel called on the international community to take action against Iran, blaming Tehran for dispatching a weapons-laden ship to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia. Netanyahu said the boat intercepted by the Israeli navy overnight on November 4 carried thousands of rockets 'whose only aim is to hit civilians and kill as many civilians as possible.'
  9. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,center, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, right, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, seated left, Vice Adm. Eli Marom, second left rear, and government spokesman Mark Regev, left, attend a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Israeli defense officials said hundreds of tons of weapons seized from a commandeered ship could have given Lebanese guerrillas an extra month of firepower in a war with Israel, but the militants denied Thursday that the arms were bound for them.
  10. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, prepare to deliver a statement as Defense Minister Ehud Barak takes his seat, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Israeli defense officials said hundreds of tons of weapons seized from a commandeered ship could have given Lebanese guerrillas an extra month of firepower in a war with Israel, but the militants denied Thursday that the arms were bound for them.
  11. Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak looks at munitions displayed at the port of Ashdod November 4, 2009, in this picture released by Israel's Defence Ministry. According to the military the arms were found on the Antigua-flagged Francop vessel, intercepted overnight in the Mediterranean Sea, 100 miles (160 km) from Israel. Israeli naval commandos seized the ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of Iranian-supplied arms, including rockets that can hit Israeli cities, to Lebanon's Hezbollah group, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.
  12. A picture taken at the Israeli port of Ashdod shows a cargo ship the Israeli navy intercepted carrying weapons 100 nautical miles (185 kilometres) off its coastline overnight on November 4, 2009.'During the night a special marine force intercepted a ship that was supposed to be carrying cargo around 100 (nautical) miles from our shore,' the spokeswoman said, adding that the vessel was sailing under an Antigua flag. The military declined to say what kind of weapons were on board or where the ship was heading. Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak hailed the operation, calling it a 'new success in our struggle against weapons smuggling aimed at reinforcing terrorist organisations that are threatening the security of Israel.'
  13. A picture taken at the Israeli port of Ashdod shows a cargo ship the Israeli navy intercepted carrying weapons 100 nautical miles (185 kilometres) off its coastline overnight overnight on November 4, 2009.'During the night a special marine force intercepted a ship that was supposed to be carrying cargo around 100 (nautical) miles from our shore,' the spokeswoman said, adding that the vessel was sailing under an Antigua flag. The military declined to say what kind of weapons were on board or where the ship was heading. Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak hailed the operation, calling it a 'new success in our struggle against weapons smuggling aimed at reinforcing terrorist organisations that are threatening the security of Israel.'
  14. JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 1: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak attend the weekly cabinet meeting at his office on November 1, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday praised the settlement policies of Netanyahu, whilst also urging Israel and Palestinians to resume peace talks, during her visit.
  15. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on November 1, 2009. The Palestinians said Israeli settlement construction was the 'main obstacle' to relaunching peace talks after the United States backed off from its demand for a complete freeze.
  16. Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak, left, listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, talks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Israel was buoyed and Palestinians were disheartened Sunday after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton bluntly signaled that the Palestinians shouldn't hold up peace talks by demanding a freeze on Israeli settlement construction. Clinton's main aim during meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Saturday was to salvage the Obama administration's foundering Mideast peace efforts by persuading the two sides to return to talks that broke down months ago.

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