AMMAN - MAY 31: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan on May 31, 2009 in Amman, Jordan. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

AMMAN - MAY 31: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan on May 31, 2009 in Amman, Jordan.

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  1. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) speaks during a press conference with chief Palestinian negotaitor Saeb Erakat (R) after he met with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Amman on November 17, 2009.
  2. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) meets with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Amman on November 17, 2009.
  3. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) meets with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Amman on November 17, 2009.
  4. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas speaks during a press conference after a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on November 17, 2009. The leaders centered their talk on the situation in the Palestinian territories and the Arab peace initiative after last week�s Arab League meeting.
  5. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (R) and chief negotiator Saeb Erakat (L) hold a press conference after a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on November 17, 2009. The leaders centered their talk on the situation in the Palestinian territories and the Arab peace initiative after last week�s Arab League meeting.
  6. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) meets with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas (L) in Cairo on November 17, 2009. The leaders centered their talk on the situation in the Palestinian territories and the Arab peace initiative after last week�s Arab League meeting.
  7. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) meets with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas (L) in Cairo on November 17, 2009. The leaders centered their talk on the situation in the Palestinian territories and the Arab peace initiative after last week�s Arab League meeting.
  8. A boy wearing the traditional chequered keffiyeh stands between portraits of Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas during a rally held on November 15, 2009 in the West Bank village of Beit Furik, near Nablus, to mark the symbolic declaration of independence. The Palestinians intend to ask the UN Security Council to recognise their independence, a senior official said amid mounting frustration with the stalled peace process. In reaction, Israeli hardline Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau said that if the Palestinians took unilateral steps, Israel should annex the parts of the West Bank that contain major Jewish settlement blocs.
  9. Palestinian men perform a traditional dance on November 15, 2009 under a banner bearing pictures of their late leader Yasser Arafat (R) and his successor, the current Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas, in the West Bank village of Beit Furik, near Nablus, during celebrations of the symbolic declaration of independence. The Palestinians intend to ask the UN Security Council to recognise their independence, a senior official said amid mounting frustration with the stalled peace process. In reaction, Israeli hardline Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau said that if the Palestinians took unilateral steps, Israel should annex the parts of the West Bank that contain major Jewish settlement blocs.
  10. RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) attends a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death November 11, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas stood by his demand for a complete Israeli settlement freeze as he addressed tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered to honour Arafat.
  11. RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas attends a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death November 11, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas stood by his demand for a complete Israeli settlement freeze as he addressed tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered to honour Arafat.
  12. RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) attends a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death November 11, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas stood by his demand for a complete Israeli settlement freeze as he addressed tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered to honour Arafat.
  13. RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) attends a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death November 11, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas stood by his demand for a complete Israeli settlement freeze as he addressed tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered to honour Arafat.
  14. RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas attends a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death November 11, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas stood by his demand for a complete Israeli settlement freeze as he addressed tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered to honour Arafat.
  15. A Palestinian flag flutters as president Mahmud Abbas addresses a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death in the West Bank city of in Ramallah on November 11, 2009. Abbas stood by his demand for a complete Israeli settlement freeze as he addressed tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered to honour Arafat.
  16. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (back C) addresses a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death in the West Bank city of in Ramallah on November 11, 2009. Abbas stood by his demand for a complete Israeli settlement freeze as he addressed tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered to honour Arafat.

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