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 U.S. 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. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

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 U.S. 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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  7. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger addresses the Saban Forum in Jerusalem on November 15, 2009. The annual forum is organized by the Saban Center for research and analysis of the US policy in the Middle East.
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  12. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Interior Minister Eliyahu Yishai (2nd R) arrive for the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem October 18, 2009. Netanyahu promised a lengthy diplomatic battle to "delegitimise" United Nations charges that Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip, an official said on Saturday.
  13. Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak (L-R), President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder, Vienna's mayor Michael Haeupl and President of the Vienna Israelite Community Ariel Muzicant attend a honorary award ceremony in Vienna's city hall December 14, 2009. The World Jewish Congress will award Haeupl with the Nahum Goldmann medal on Monday.
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