Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Interior Minister Eliyahu Yishai (2nd R) arrive for the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem October 18, 2009. Netanyahu promised a lengthy diplomatic battle to "delegitimise" United Nations charges that Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip, an official said on Saturday. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Interior Minister Eliyahu Yishai (2nd R) arrive for the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem October 18, 2009. Netanyahu promised a lengthy diplomatic battle to "delegitimise" United Nations charges that Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip, an official said on Saturday.

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  1. JERUSALEM - DECEMBER 3: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Russian Security Secretary Nikolai Patrushev December 3, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Patrushev also met with Israeli National Security Advisor Uzi Arad.
  2. Palestinian workers sleep at a construction site in the settlement of Kiryat Arba next to the city of Hebron in the West Bank, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week announced a 10-month building freeze, which bars the construction of new homes in West Bank settlements.
  3. GIVAT ZEEV, WEST BANK - DECEMBER 02: Palestinian laborers take a coffee break while working in a new housing project on December 2, 2009 in the Jewish settlement of Givat Zeev in the West Bank. Israeli settler leaders have vowed to defy a 10-month moratorium on new building in the West Bank which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says is meant as a confidence-building gesture to get peace efforts with the Palestinians back on track.
  4. EILAT, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 29: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Press Convention on November 29, 2009 in Eilat, Israel. Netanyahu said that Israel was committed to renewing the Middle East peace process, but he questioned whether the Palestinians were ready to enter into political talks.
  5. JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 29: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks at the original list of countries which voted on the partition plan of Palestine 62 years ago on November 29,1947, as he arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in his office on November 29, 2009 in Jerusalem . Defense Minister Ehud Barak's decision to halt construction in West Bank settlements was today criticized by Likud party member Gilad Erdan. The issue of the settlement freeze is not due to discussed during today's cabinet meeting.
  6. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 25: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) visits a shelter for women who have been victims of abuse on November 25, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women takes place annually on November 25, as designated by the UN General Assembly in 1999, and serves as an opportunity to raise public awareness of the problem.
  7. 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.
  8. JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 23: In this handout photo provided by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at the Knesset on November 23, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel.
  9. SDE BAKER, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 23: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) sits next to Israeli President Shimon Peres during the annual memorial ceremony for the late Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion Novmber 23, 2009 in the southern Israeli kibbutz of Sde Boker. During the ceremony President Peres urged Netanyahu's government to cease conflict with the Palestinians, regardless of concessions.

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  6. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Interior Minister Eliyahu Yishai (2nd R) arrive for the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem October 18, 2009. Netanyahu promised a lengthy diplomatic battle to "delegitimise" United Nations charges that Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip, an official said on Saturday.
  7. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Education Minister Gideon Saar attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem October 18, 2009. Netanyahu promised a lengthy diplomatic battle to "delegitimise" United Nations charges that Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip, an official said on Saturday.
  8. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, adjust their earpieces during a joint news conference at Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Zapatero is on an official visit to Israel and the West Bank.
  9. Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on November 2 to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out. The surprise visit from Ban accompanied a diplomatic push to ensure the November 7 one-horse race does not take place, despite the initial insistence from some officials that it is too late to halt the process.
  10. Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. Hamas said it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president Mahmud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories.
  11. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session of the General Assembly Philippe Thiebaud (L), at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
  12. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2ndL) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (L), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR) and Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
  13. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  14. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  15. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  16. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.

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