US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice and US ambassador to Israel James Cunningham (L) attend a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (not pictUred) in Jerusalem on October 21, 2009. Rice arrived in the Middle East to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials and participate in a conference hosted by President Shimon Peres. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice and US ambassador to Israel James Cunningham (L) attend a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (not pictUred) in Jerusalem on October 21, 2009. Rice arrived in the Middle East to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials and participate in a conference hosted by President Shimon Peres.

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  1. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman meet in Moscow for talks, December 4, 2009.
  2. RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 24: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) meets Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad (R) during his visit to the West Bank on November 24, 2009 in Ramallah. The new German foreign minister made the short journey to Ramallah from Jerusalem, where after his arrival Monday he made a point of first visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial before holding talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and dining with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman later in the evening.
  3. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 02: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman waits to as served he makes a surprise visit to the Sommelier 2009 wine fair on November 2, 2009 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Earlier this week, the controversial right-wing politician said he doubted it would be possible to achieve a comprehensive peace with the Palestinians, and that an interim agreement between the two sides should be pursued.
  4. JERUSALEM - OCTOBER 31: In this handout image supplied by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on October 31, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Secretary Clinton is visiting the region to try to restart peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
  5. JERUSALEM - OCTOBER 31: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) stands with Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman before their meeting October 31, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton failed on Saturday to persuade Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume talks with Israel, a spokesman for Abbas said, citing Jewish settlements as a stumbling block.

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  1. US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice and US ambassador to Israel James Cunningham (L) attend a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (not pictUred) in Jerusalem on October 21, 2009. Rice arrived in the Middle East to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials and participate in a conference hosted by President Shimon Peres.
  2. US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice (L) shakes hands with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman in Jerusalem on October 21, 2009. Rice arrived in the Middle East to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials and participate in a conference hosted by President Shimon Peres.
  3. US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice (L) and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman meet in Jerusalem on October 21, 2009. Rice arrived in the Middle East to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials and participate in a conference hosted by President Shimon Peres.
  4. US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice (R) and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman meet in Jerusalem on October 21, 2009. Rice arrived in the Middle East to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials and participate in a conference hosted by President Shimon Peres.
  5. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman looks on as he waits for Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov before their meeting at the Foreign Minister�s Office in Jerusalem on September 30, 2009.
  6. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (L) shakes hands with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov before their meeting at the Foreign Minister�s Office in Jerusalem on September 30, 2009.
  7. US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice and US ambassador to Israel James Cunningham (L) attend a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (not pictUred) in Jerusalem on October 21, 2009. Rice arrived in the Middle East to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials and participate in a conference hosted by President Shimon Peres.
  8. U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (L) shakes hands with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad before their meeting at the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem October 22, 2009 in this picture released by the U.S. Consulate. In a speech in Jerusalem on Wednesday to an international conference of technological leaders, Rice urged Israel and the Palestinians to move beyond procedural disputes to the peace table.
  9. U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (R) shakes hands with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad before their meeting at the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem October 22, 2009. In a speech in Jerusalem on Wednesday to an international conference of technological leaders, Rice urged Israel and the Palestinians to move beyond procedural disputes to the peace table.
  10. Susan Rice (L), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during her appearance on "Meet the Press" with moderator David Gregory in Washington, October 4, 2009.
  11. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (2nd R) speaks as U.S. President Barack Obama (R), U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice (C), and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd L) and British Prime Minister Grodon Brown listen during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters September 24, 2009 in New York City. The council approved a U.S.-drafted resolution calling on nuclear nations to disarm.
  12. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (R) talks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (C) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a Security Council Summit meeting during the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 24, 2009.
  13. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (R) talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the Summit on Climate Change at the United Nations headquarters in New York, September 22, 2009.

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