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Palestinian children shout slogans and hold posters depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) and and Dalal Mughrabi, a woman guerrilla who led a bloody 1978 raid on Israel, during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 16, 2008, supporting the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla group. Hezbollah handed the bodies of two Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross on Wednesday to be exchanged for Lebanese prisoners held by Israel in a deal viewed as a triumph by the Lebanese Shi'ite guerrilla group.

Arab holiday makers film models of notable people, with late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, at the Hall of Fame in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, June 7, 2008. The Hall of Fame was founded in 2002 and houses more than 50 silicone statues of the world's famous people in the political, artistic and cultural fields.

Seated under the portraits of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, are German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, with Mahmoud Abbas during their talks at the Palestinian President's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, June 2, 2008. Steinmeier is on an official visit to the region.

With a poster showing late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, a vendor prepares coffee for a customer, unseen, at the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, April 27, 2008. The Palestinian economy won't grow in 2008, largely due to continued Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement, and despite massive foreign aid and Palestinian reform efforts, the World Bank predicted Sunday.

Under portraits of late leader Yasser Arafat, left and President Mahmoud Abbas, top right, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center right, walks with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney following a press conference at Abbas' office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, March 23, 2008. Vice President Dick Cheney began Easter Sunday with a prayer and the singing of "Amazing Grace" at a tiny chapel in Jerusalem, then launched into a day of talks about conflict: the Mideast peace process and the rising influence of Iran in the region.

With the portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the background, the Quartet's Mideast envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair gestures as he speaks during a press conference with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, right, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, March 11, 2008. The lead Palestinian negotiator on Tuesday said a new Israeli plan to expand a West Bank settlement endangers the struggling peace process, and he promised to raise the issue with a key U.S. mediator later this week. The negotiator, Ahmed Qureia, said Israel must freeze construction in areas claimed by the Palestinians in order to get peace talks back on track.

Seated under the portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, top left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, speaks with Abbas during their meeting in the Palestinian presidential headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Israeli aircraft sent missiles crashing into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, pressing an offensive against Palestinian rocket squads even as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the region to try to rescue peace talks amid the latest outbreak of violence. Rice hoped in a meeting later Tuesday to persuade Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to return to negotiations he cut off Sunday after more than 120 Gazans were killed in an Israeli operation against militants who bombard southern Israel with rocket and mortar fire.

With the background of portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East Quartet envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks at a press conference during his visit to the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday Feb. 7, 2008. Israeli ground forces backed by warplanes exchanged fire with Hamas gunmen in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a teacher and six militants in escalating violence that is hobbling peace efforts.

Moroccan people waving Moroccan flags, hold photos of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, and late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, rear center, march during a protest against Israeli economic sanctions against Palestinians in the Gaza strip, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008 in Casablanca, Morocco. Earlier this month, Israel tightened its already stringent restrictions on the movement of goods into Gaza in response to ongoing rocket fire at southern Israel from the territory, causing a severe shortage of fuel, electricity cutbacks and a lack of some basic foods. About 1,000 people marched through the streets of Casablanca to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people.

A Palestinian police officer stands by a mural painting of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, and late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, left, during a march against Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. The international Red Cross issued a dire warning on the state of basic services in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, calling on Israel to lift a blockade it has imposed in response to rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.

Backdropped by U.S. and Palestinian flags and a photograph of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, top left, United States President George W. Bush talks during a joint news conference with Palestinian Presedent Mahmoud Abbas, unseen, after their meeting in Abbas's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. Bush on Thursday predicted that a Mideast peace treaty would be completed by the time he leaves office.

With a portrait od late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, top left, on the wall, U.S. President George W. Bush, speaks during a media conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , not seen, at Abbas's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday Jan. 10, 2008.

A Palestinian security officer stands above a banner showing the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, bottom left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, bottom right, at a rally marking the Fatah movement's 43rd anniversary in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008.

Palestinians hold torches next to portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (L) and current president Mahmud Abbas (R) during a rally marking the 43rd anniversary of the Fatah movment in Salem village near the West Bank city of Nablus 31 December 2007. Abbas said today that he was ready to "open a new page" with Hamas if the Islamist movement gave up its control of the Gaza Strip. Abbas's statement came at a gathering of Fatah officials marking 43 years since the secular party first declared itself an armed Palestinian resistance movement.