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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 27: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) President Mahmoud Abbas shakes hands with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, November 27, 2008 in Ramallah, West Bank. The meeting comes in the wake of Napolitano's meeting with Isreal's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 27: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) President Mahmoud Abbas stands with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano during a welcoming ceremony2, November 27, 2008 in Ramallah, West Bank. The meeting comes in the wake of Napolitano's meeting with Isreal's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad attend a special cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 25, 2008. On Sunday, Abbas pledged to hold presidential and parliamentary elections next year if an Egyptian-led bid to secure rapprochement between the rival Palestinian factions fails. Abbas could hold elections in the occupied West Bank alone if Hamas prevents the ballot from taking place in Gaza, an Abbas aide said on Monday.
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 24: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO). President Mahmoud Abbas during his inauguration speech as Palestinian state president on November 24, 2008 in Ramallah, West Bank. The Palestinian Authority's central council has appointed Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian state president, a position that been vacant since Yasser Arafat's death in 2004.
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 24: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO). President Mahmoud Abbas during his inauguration speech as Palestinian state president on November 24, 2008 in Ramallah, West Bank. The Palestinian Authority's central council has appointed Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian state president, a position that been vacant since Yasser Arafat's death in 2004.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center left, speaks at the PLO Central Committee meeting at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday said he would call new elections early next year if the rival Hamas movement does not open reconciliation talks with him, an ultimatum that threatened to deepen the rift that has left the West Bank and the Gaza Strip under separate rulers.
A member of the Palestinian security forces stands in front of a poster showing President Mahmoud Abbas, left and the late Yasser Arafat during a celebration marking Palestinian Independence Day and the fourth anniversary of the death of Arafat, in the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. Palestinians have marked Nov. 15 as their Independence Day since 1988 when the Palestine National Council unilaterally declared statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Arafat died on Nov. 11, 2004, in a Paris hospital.
In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets into southern Israel on Monday, causing no injuries but casting a shadow over a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Olmert and Abbas have been meeting regularly over the past year to discuss ongoing peace efforts. But the latest flare-up between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip threatened to dominate Monday's discussions.
In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets into southern Israel on Monday, causing no injuries but casting a shadow over a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Olmert and Abbas have been meeting regularly over the past year to discuss ongoing peace efforts. But the latest flare-up between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip threatened to dominate Monday's discussions.
JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 17: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (2L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R) November 17, 2008 in Jerusalem, Israel. Abbas was expected to press Olmert to maintain a ceasefire in Gaza despite ongoing attacks from both sides in the region over the last two weeks.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 17: ********** In this handout photo from the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meet on November 17, 2008 in Jerusalem, Israel. The Palestinian President met with Ehud Olmert in an attempt to maintain a ceasefire that has recently become strained following violence in the Gaza Strip.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 17: ********** In this handout photo from the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meet on November 17, 2008 in Jerusalem, Israel. The Palestinian President met with Ehud Olmert in an attempt to maintain a ceasefire that has recently become strained following violence in the Gaza Strip.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 17: ********** In this handout photo from the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meet on November 17, 2008 in Jerusalem, Israel. The Palestinian President met with Ehud Olmert in an attempt to maintain a ceasefire that has recently become strained following violence in the Gaza Strip.
With posters of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, and President Mahmoud Abbas, center, a member of Abbas' honor guard participates in the cornerstone laying ceremony for a museum dedicated to Arafat of at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Several thousand Palestinians marked the anniversary of Yasser Arafat's 2004 death with a memorial rally in Ramallah Tuesday.