ISRAEL - DECEMBER 9: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reads The Economist magazine during an Israeli Air Force helicopter trip to inspect a reinforced school December 9, 2008 in Sderot, southern Israel. Olmert visited the rocket-hit town and the neighbouring Kibbutz Givim to see first hand the reinforced rooms Israel is building to protect the civilian population against Palestinian Qassam rocket attacks from the nearby Gaza Strip. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

ISRAEL - DECEMBER 9: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reads The Economist magazine during an Israeli Air Force helicopter trip to inspect a reinforced school December 9, 2008 in Sderot, southern Israel. Olmert visited the rocket-hit town and the neighbouring Kibbutz Givim to see first hand the reinforced rooms Israel is building to protect the civilian population against Palestinian Qassam rocket attacks from the nearby Gaza Strip.

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