British journalist and activist Lauren Booth (R), sister-in-law of former British premier Tony Blair who is now an international Middle East peace envoy, talks, with the help of a translator, to senior Hamas leader and head of the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya (L) during a ceremony at Haniya�s house to welcome international peace activists in Gaza City on August 24, 2008. Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists from 17 countries toured the Gaza Strip after their two fishing boats were allowed in despite an Israeli naval blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory. Haniya gave the activists honorary Palestinian citizenship and passports to Palestine. Getty Images logo Getty Images 14 months ago

British journalist and activist Lauren Booth (R), sister-in-law of former British premier Tony Blair who is now an international Middle East peace envoy, talks, with the help of a translator, to senior Hamas leader and head of the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya (L) during a ceremony at Haniya�s house to welcome international peace activists in Gaza City on August 24, 2008. Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists from 17 countries toured the Gaza Strip after their two fishing boats were allowed in despite an Israeli naval blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory. Haniya gave the activists honorary Palestinian citizenship and passports to Palestine.

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  2. A man takes a picture of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya (R) standing next to newly-freed Palestinian prisoner Fatima Yunes al-Zaq and her son Yussef, who was born in an Israeli jail, at a welcoming ceremony in Gaza City October 2, 2009. Nineteen Palestinian women prisoners were freed in a breakthrough swap for a video of soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held by Gaza militants since 2006.
  3. Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniya (C) waves during a religious gathering on September 22, 2009 in Gaza City, where thousands of Muslims attended an award ceremony for the best Koran recitations. US President Barack Obama launched a fresh bid to unblock Middle East peace dialogue, holding a three-way meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in New York.
  4. Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, the prime minister of the Hamas-run government in Gaza, speaks at the parliament in Gaza city on October 5, 2009 against the Palestinian Authority's support for delaying the endorsement of a UN report on possible war crimes committed during Israel's Gaza offensive. Haniya accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of the 'absurd and criminal' decision to delay endorsement of the report, a move he said endangered Egyptian-brokered national unity talks.
  5. Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, the prime minister of the Hamas-run government in Gaza, speaks at the parliament in Gaza city on October 5, 2009 against the Palestinian Authority's support for delaying the endorsement of a UN report on possible war crimes committed during Israel's Gaza offensive. Haniya accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of the 'absurd and criminal' decision to delay endorsement of the report, a move he said endangered Egyptian-brokered national unity talks.
  6. Hamas leader Ismail Haniya offers flowers to Roudah Habib (C), the final Palestinian woman prisoner set free by Israel as part of a breakthrough swap with the Hamas movement for a video of its soldier held in Gaza for more than three years, as he welcomes her at his office in Gaza city following her release on October 4, 2009. Habib was released into Gaza via the Erez crossing, where she was greeted by relatives and friends before being escorted to Haniya's office, Habib's sister told.
  7. Middle East envoy Tony Blair (C) visits a dairy factory in the West Bank city of Hebron October 20, 2009. Bodyguards subdued a Palestinian man on Tuesday as he approached Blair, shouting "You are a terrorist." The former British prime minister was verbally assailed while visiting an ancient mosque during an official trip to the West Bank city of Hebron.
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