A Palestinian woman stands near Israeli police officers standing guard during the demolition of her house in the Arab neighbourhood of Isawiyeh in east Jerusalem November 18, 2009. An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday dismissed U.S. anger at Israel's approval for new homes in a settlement near Jerusalem. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement "at a time when we are working to relaunch negotiations, these actions make it more difficult for our efforts to succeed." The United States also objects to continued evictions and the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, he said. According to the Jerusalem municipality, the house was demolished due to a lack of permits. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

A Palestinian woman stands near Israeli police officers standing guard during the demolition of her house in the Arab neighbourhood of Isawiyeh in east Jerusalem November 18, 2009. An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday dismissed U.S. anger at Israel's approval for new homes in a settlement near Jerusalem. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement "at a time when we are working to relaunch negotiations, these actions make it more difficult for our efforts to succeed." The United States also objects to continued evictions and the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, he said. According to the Jerusalem municipality, the house was demolished due to a lack of permits.

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  1. New York Knicks' Wilson Chandler (21) shoots over Sacramento Kings' Omri Casspi, (18), of Israel, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in New York.
  2. Alize Cornet of France returns a backhand to Israel's Shahar Peer during their Paris Open tennis tournament match at the Coubertin stadium in Paris, February 9, 2010.
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  4. Alize Cornet of France serves to Israel's Shahar Peer during their Paris Open tennis match at the Coubertin stadium in Paris, February 9, 2010.
  5. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem in this February 7, 2010 file picture. Netanyahu called for immediate and "crippling" sanctions against Iran on February 9, 2010, as it began making higher-grade nuclear fuel in defiance of international censure.
  6. Spaniard Ariadna Jove Marti (2nd L) and Australian Bridgette Chappell, both activists belonging to the International Solidarity Movement, appear in Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem February 8, 2010. Israel's Supreme Court ordered the two pro-Palestinian foreign activists released on bail on Monday, saying Israeli immigration officers overstepped their bounds by detaining them in the West Bank.
  7. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman attends an Yisrael Beiteinu party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 8, 2010.
  8. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (front) attends a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 8, 2010.
  9. An Israeli security guard stands next to a truck with gas at the gas depot in the southern city of Ashkelon, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Police say an explosive device strapped to a gasoline truck was discovered and defused at the entrance to a major gas depot in southern Israel.
  10. Children attend a class after two non-government organizations from Israel set up a classroom at a camp for earthquake survivors in the Golf Club of Petionville in Port-a-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced after Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake.
  11. Children watch at a makeshift classroom, set up by two non-government organizations from Israel, at a camp for earthquake survivors in the Golf Club of the Petionville suburb in Port-a-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced after Haiti's Jan. 12 powerful earthquake.
  12. FILE - In this file photo taken on Sept. 23, 2005, a foreign activist is detained by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration at the construction site of Israel's separation barrier in the Palestinian village of Bilin near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Israeli army says its forces entered the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, and arrested two pro-Palestinian activists from Australia and Spain.
  13. BEIT HORON, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 7: An Israeli army outpost stands over route 443, a main road on which Palestinian traffic is forbidden, linking central Israel with Jerusalem on February 7, 2010 near the Israeli settlement of Beit Horon in the West Bank. Israeli ministers have proposed a law annexing the road to dodge a recent Supreme Court decision that allows Palestinians to use the West Bank highway. A local road for Palestinian use only is seen on the right.
  14. BEIT HORON, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 7: Vehicles drive on route 443, a main road on which Palestinian traffic is forbidden, linking central Israel with Jerusalem as Israel's separation barrier surounds it on February 7, 2010 near the Israeli settlement of Beit Horon in the West Bank. Israeli ministers have proposed a law annexing the road to dodge a recent Supreme Court decision that allows Palestinians to use the West Bank highway.
  15. BEIT HORON, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 7: An Israeli woman walks to a bus station on route 443, a main road on which Palestinian traffic is forbidden, linking central Israel with Jerusalem as Israel's separation barrier surounds it on February 7, 2010 near the Israeli settlement of Beit Horon in the West Bank. Israeli ministers have proposed a law annexing the road to dodge a recent Supreme Court decision that allows Palestinians to use the West Bank highway.
  16. A man stands on a snowy Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights near the Israel-Syria border February 7, 2010. The Golan Heights form a strategic plateau between Israel and Syria of about 1,200 square kilometres (460 square miles). Israel captured it in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally.

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