ROME - OCTOBER 7: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini on October 7, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Abbas is currently facing a wave of anger from Palestinians in Gaza who are accusing him of selling out on the national cause in favour of Israel, due to pressure from the U.S. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

ROME - OCTOBER 7: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini on October 7, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Abbas is currently facing a wave of anger from Palestinians in Gaza who are accusing him of selling out on the national cause in favour of Israel, due to pressure from the U.S.

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  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.
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  7. 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.
  8. A boy wearing the traditional chequered keffiyeh stands between portraits of Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas during a rally held on November 15, 2009 in the West Bank village of Beit Furik, near Nablus, to mark the symbolic declaration of independence. The Palestinians intend to ask the UN Security Council to recognise their independence, a senior official said amid mounting frustration with the stalled peace process. In reaction, Israeli hardline Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau said that if the Palestinians took unilateral steps, Israel should annex the parts of the West Bank that contain major Jewish settlement blocs.
  9. ROME - OCTOBER 7: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) meets with President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini (R) on October 7, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Abbas is currently facing a wave of anger from Palestinians in Gaza who are accusing him of selling out on the national cause in favour of Israel, due to pressure from the U.S.
  10. ROME - OCTOBER 7: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini on October 7, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Abbas is currently facing a wave of anger from Palestinians in Gaza who are accusing him of selling out on the national cause in favour of Israel, due to pressure from the U.S.
  11. Italian chairman of Fiat and Ferrari cars Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (R) and President of the Italian Parliament Gianfranco Fini attend a meeting to launch the think-tank Italia Futura on October 10, 2009 at Palazzo Colonna in Rome. Montezemolo is among some 20 entrepreneurs funding the new think-tank.
  12. President of the Italian Parliament Gianfranco Fini (C), speaks during a meeting to launch the think-tank Italia Futura on October 10, 2009 at Palazzo Colonna in Rome. Italian chairman of Fiat and Ferrari cars Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is among some 20 entrepreneurs funding the new think-tank.
  13. Italian chairman of Fiat and Ferrari cars Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (R) and President of the Italian Parliament Gianfranco Fini attend a meeting to launch the think-tank Italia Futura on October 10, 2009 at Palazzo Colonna in Rome. Montezemolo is among some 20 entrepreneurs funding the new think-tank.
  14. Italian chairman of Fiat and Ferrari cars Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (R) and President of the Italian Parliament Gianfranco Fini attend a meeting to launch the think-tank Italia Futura on October 10, 2009 at Palazzo Colonna in Rome. Montezemolo is among some 20 entrepreneurs funding the new think-tank.
  15. Italian chairman of Fiat and Ferrari cars Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (R) and President of the Italian Parliament Gianfranco Fini attend a meeting to launch the think-tank Italia Futura on October 10, 2009 at Palazzo Colonna in Rome. Montezemolo is among some 20 entrepreneurs funding the new think-tank.
  16. Italian Parliament President Gianfranco Fini (L) and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attend the state funeral of the six Italian soldiers who were killed in one of the deadliest suicide attacks targeting NATO troops in Afghanistan on September 17, in Saint Paul Outside the Walls basilica in Rome on September 21, 2009. Italy is the sixth biggest contributor to more than 100,000 NATO and US-led forces fighting in Afghanistan, deploying about 3,250 troops.

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