Palestinians walk past posters showing the late leader Yasser Arafat during a rally supporting President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Israel's president Shimon Peres on Saturday called on Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

Palestinians walk past posters showing the late leader Yasser Arafat during a rally supporting President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Israel's president Shimon Peres on Saturday called on Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier.

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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. Palestinian carry pictures of late leader Yasser Arafat, right, late George Habash, center, founder of the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, as they march to the Sabra and Shatila mass graves in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Palestinians in Lebanon observed the 27th anniversary of one of their darkest episodes _ the massacre in the Beirut camps of Sabra and Shatila by Israeli-backed Christian militiamen in which between 1,200 and 1,400 people died, by Lebanese Red Cross count.
  8. A member of the Palestinian security forces stands guard near a Yasser Arafat impersonator during a rally, marking a symbolic declaration of independence, in the West Bank city of Nablus November 19, 2009. Sunday marked the anniversary of the symbolic November 15, 1988 declaration of independence by the late Palestinian leader Arafat.
  9. A Palestinian youth holds a poster that depicts late leader Yasser Arafat during a rally, marking a symbolic declaration of independence, in the West Bank city of Nablus November 19, 2009. Sunday marked the anniversary of the symbolic November 15, 1988 declaration of independence by the late Palestinian leader Arafat.
  10. A member of the Palestinian security forces stands guard near a Yasser Arafat impersonator during a rally, marking a symbolic declaration of independence, in the West Bank city of Nablus November 19, 2009. Sunday marked the anniversary of the symbolic November 15, 1988 declaration of independence by the late Palestinian leader Arafat.
  11. Members of the Palestinian Security forces ride on a vehicle past banners depicting President Mahmoud Abbas and the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (top R) during a march, marking a symbolic declaration of independence, in the West Bank city of Hebron November 16, 2009. Sunday marked the anniversary of the symbolic November 15, 1988 declaration of independence by Arafat.
  12. A Palestinian boy stands nears poster of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally, marking a symbolic declaration of independence, in the West Bank village of Beit Furiq near Nablus November 15, 2009. Sunday is the anniversary of the symbolic November 15, 1988 declaration of independence by the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
  13. Israel's President Shimon Peres (R) talks to the audience next to Argentine Chief of Cabinet Anibal Fernandez, during an award ceremony for outstanding importers and exports of Israel-Argentine commerce hosted by the Israel-Argentine Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Aires on November 17, 2009. Peres is in a two-day official visit to Argentina.
  14. Israel's President Shimon Peres is seen on a plasma screen while talking to the audience during an award ceremony for outstanding importers and exports of Israel-Argentine commerce hosted by the Israel-Argentine Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Aires on November 17, 2009. Peres is in a two-day official visit to Argentina.
  15. Israel's President Shimon Peres attends an award ceremony for outstanding importers and exports of Israel-Argentine commerce hosted by the Israel-Argentine Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Aires on November 17, 2009. Peres is in a two-day official visit to Argentina.
  16. Israel's President Shimon Peres attends an award ceremony for outstanding importers and exports of Israel-Argentine commerce hosted by the Israel-Argentine Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Aires on November 17, 2009. Peres is in a two-day official visit to Argentina.

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