Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with U.S. envoy George Mitchell (L) before their meeting in Jerusalem October 8, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama's special peace envoy sought on Thursday an "early relaunch" of Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Israel said Washington's goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with U.S. envoy George Mitchell (L) before their meeting in Jerusalem October 8, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama's special peace envoy sought on Thursday an "early relaunch" of Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Israel said Washington's goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion.

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  1. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with George Mitchell, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, in Amman November 2, 2009.

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  1. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with U.S. envoy George Mitchell (L) before their meeting in Jerusalem October 8, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama's special peace envoy sought on Thursday an "early relaunch" of Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Israel said Washington's goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion.
  2. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman walks with U.S. envoy George Mitchell (L) before their meeting in Jerusalem October 8, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama's special peace envoy sought on Thursday an "early relaunch" of Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Israel said Washington's goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion.
  3. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with U.S. envoy George Mitchell (L) before their meeting in Jerusalem October 8, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama's special peace envoy sought on Thursday an "early relaunch" of Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Israel said Washington's goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion.
  4. U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, shakes hands with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, during their meeting in the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Lieberman declared Thursday that there is no chance of reaching a final accord with the Palestinians any time soon, casting a pall over Mitchell's latest effort to get peace talks moving again.
  5. U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, shakes hands with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Lieberman declared Thursday that there is no chance of reaching a final accord with the Palestinians any time soon, casting a pall over Mitchell's latest effort to get peace talks moving again.
  6. U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, right, meet at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Lieberman declared Thursday that there is no chance of reaching a final accord with the Palestinians any time soon, casting a pall over Mitchell's latest effort to get peace talks moving again.
  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. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  16. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.

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