Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, reacts as he talks with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni during a session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament in Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Olmert on Wednesday staved off a threat by a key coalition partner to bring down the government, giving him at least a few more months to pursue peace agreements with the Palestinians and Syria. But the last-minute political understanding could bring his political demise later this year. AP Photo logo AP Photo 12 months ago

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, reacts as he talks with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni during a session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament in Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Olmert on Wednesday staved off a threat by a key coalition partner to bring down the government, giving him at least a few more months to pursue peace agreements with the Palestinians and Syria. But the last-minute political understanding could bring his political demise later this year.

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  7. Israeli former prime Minister Ehud Olmert is seen in the stands during the UEFA Champions League final soccer match between Manchester United and Barcelona in Rome, Wednesday May 27, 2009.
  8. Students burn pictures of U.S. President Barack Obama shaking hands with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in front of the former U.S. embassy during a gathering to mark the anniversary of freezing Iran and US diplomatic ties in Tehran April 9, 2009. The United States cut off diplomatic ties with Tehran during the 1979-1981 hostage crisis in which a group of militant Iranian students held 52 U.S. diplomats hostage at the American Embassy for 444 days.
  9. Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni, left, walks in front of U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, center, during their meeting in Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Mitchell began a new swing through the Mideast on Tuesday with a call for a rapid resumption of peace talks, as the White House tried to push Israel to halt settlement construction in the West Bank. An unidentified security guard is at right.
  10. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center sits with opposition leader Tzipi Livni, left, and lawmaker Tzachi Hanegbi, right , during a meeting of the foreign affairs and defense committee at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, June 1, 2009.
  11. 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.
  12. Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni (L) waits for the address by Israeli President Shimon Peres at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy conference May 4, 2009 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
  13. TEL AVIV - APRIL 16: (ISRAEL-OUT) In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Senator George Mitchell (2nd L), Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, meets with Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni (R) on April 16, 2009 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Mitchell emphasized the US position that a two-state solution was needed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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  16. U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell speaks to journalists as he stands with opposition leader Tzipi Livni, not seen, during their meeting in Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Mitchell began a new swing through the Mideast on Tuesday with a call for a rapid resumption of peace talks, as the White House tried to push Israel to halt settlement construction in the West Bank.

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