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Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (help·info) (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין "ביבי" נְתַנְיָהוּ‎, Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, born 21 October 1949, Tel Aviv) was the 9th Prime Minister of Israel and is Chairman of the Likud Party. As leader of the conservative Likud party, he was Prime Minister from June 1996 to July 1999. He is the first (and to date only) Prime Minister of Israel to be born after the State of Israel's foundation. He was Finance Minister of Israel until 9 August 2005, having resigned in protest at the Gaza Disengagement Plan advocated by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Netanyahu retook the Likud leadership on 20 December 2005. As of December 2006, he became the official leader of the Opposition in the Knesset and Chairman of the Likud Party. In August 2007 he retained the Likud leadership by beating Moshe Feiglin in party elections.

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An Israeli soldier walks past a burning tire during clashes with Palestinian protesters, not seen, in the West Bank village of Iraq Burin, near Nablus, Saturday, March 20, 2010. Visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal and must be stopped, while a Palestinian teenager was killed in clashes with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank. The death of 16-year-old Mohammed Qadus, who Palestinians say was shot in the chest by Israeli security forces, comes amid heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians after Israel announced plans last week for 1,600 new homes for Jews in disputed east Jerusalem. Israel
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks on a mobile phone before President Barack Obama spoke to the Democratic Caucus about the need to pass the Health Care Reform bill on Capitol Hill, March 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The House is expected to vote on the bill on Sunday, March 21. Barack Obama
A Palestinian boy stands in the street in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Jerusalem's Mayor Nir Barkat has unveiled an ambitious development plan that would demolish dozens of Palestinian homes in Silwan to make way for a bustling tourist center, but agreed to a last-minute request from Israel's prime minister to consult Palestinian residents before breaking ground. East Jerusalem
Under a picture of Iran's late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. Iran
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seen during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo just outside Moscow, Friday, March 19, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty. Hillary Rodham Clinton
Israeli police patrol outside Jerusalem's Old City as Palestinian Muslims head for Friday prayers on March 19, 2010. The Quartet for the Middle East urged Israel to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012 as it tried to kickstart the stalled peace process. An Israeli announcement last week of the construction of 1,600 new settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem led the Palestinians to call for a halt to peace talks and precipitated the worst crisis in US-Israeli relations in years. Jerusalem
A Palestinian woman walks with her donkey in the West Bank village of Mreiha, near Jenin, Monday, March 15, 2010. West Bank
Vice President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., left, as Brown's wife Gail Huff looks on at center, after a re-enactment of Brown's Senate swearing in ceremony, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. Joe Biden
Head of the United Nations (UN) fact finding mission on the Gaza Conflict, former South African judge Richard Goldstone (L) sits beside UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navy Pillay prior to delivering a report before the Human Rights Council at the UN office in Geneva on September 29, 2009 after a human rights mission investigating violations committed during the military offensive in late December 2008 and January 2009 in the Gaza Strip. The UN report accused both Israel and the Palestinians of committing 'war crimes' in the Gaza Strip, but was particularly critical of what it called Israel's use of disproportionate force in the conflict. Richard Goldstone
Anti-war protesters gather by the White House in Washington, on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Thousands of protesters marched through Washington to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. White House
Assisted by former White House Chief of Staff James Baker(L), former US First Lady Nancy Reagan walks to the podium to deliver remarks during the unveiling a statue of her husband, President Ronald Reagan on June 3, 2009 during ceremonies in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. James Baker
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) greets protestersduring a demonstration calling for Congress to kill the Health Care Reform bill on March 20, 2010, in Washington, DC. While The Committee on Rules will determine how the pending health care legislation will advance through the vote in the House of Representatives a large group of protestors and Republican lawmakers rallied on the Capitol grounds calling for the defeat of the reform bill. U.S. Congress
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) attends the Middle East Quartet meeting in Moscow on March 19, 2010. The international Quartet for the Middle East met in a bid to revive the peace process despite tensions after Israel's announcement of new settler homes and a deadly rocket attack. Middle East
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, right, gestures as he welcomes US special envoy for Mideast peace, George Mitchell, left, prior to a meeting at the Foreign Ministry, in Paris, Saturday, March 20, 2010. Mitchell made a brief stop in Paris on Sunday to seek France's advice before heading off to meet Mideast leaders in a bid to resume indirect talks between Israelis and Palestinians. George Mitchell
Palestinian and Syrian women shout slogans during a march held at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, near Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, against Israel's attempts to increase its influence and the rededication Monday of a historic synagogue in the Jewish quarter of the Old City. Syria
Norman Finkelstein, center, a vocal American critic of Israel who resigned last year as a political science professor at DePaul University in Chicago, walks inside the grave of Qana victims who were killed in an Israeli attack during the 2006 summer war between Israel and Hezbollah, in the southern village of Qana, Sunday Jan. 6, 2008. Finkelstein met Hezbollah's commander in south Lebanon, Nabil Kaouk, in his office in the coastal city of Tyre also toured the border village of Aita al-Shaab, the location from where Hezbollah guerrillas triggered the war after they crossed the border, killing three Israeli soldiers and capturing two others in hopes of trading them for Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails, according to the report. Norman Finkelstein
A homemade rocket launched from the Gaza Strip lays on the ground at the site where it landed in the southern Israeli Netiv Haasara Kibbutz on March 18, 2010. An Al-Qaeda-inspired militant group, the Ansar al-Sunna Brigade, claimed responsibility for firing a rocket from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, killing one Thai foreign worker. Gaza Strip
Representative of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in Lebanon, Ali Barake, speaks to demonstrators during a multi movement protest in Beirut on March 19, 2010 against Israel's plans to build new settlements and in solidarity with Palestinians. Tensions remained high in Jerusalem and the West Bank as the Quartet for the Middle East urged Israel to stop building settlements and set a target for a final deal with the Palestinians within two years. The word 'Israel' is written on the banner in the background. Hamas

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Chief Islamic Justice of the Palestinian territories Sheikh Tayssir al-Tamimi passes through an iron security gate at the entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron in the occupied the West Bank on March 20, 2010. The mosque is built at a site revered by Muslims and Jews and known in Judaism as the Tomb of Patriarchs, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last month he was placing along with Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem a list of Israeli heritage sites.

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Chief Islamic Justice of the Palestinian territories Sheikh Tayssir al-Tamimi passes through an iron security gate at the entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron in the occupied the West Bank on March 20, 2010. The mosque is built at a site revered by Muslims and Jews and known in Judaism as the Tomb of Patriarchs, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last month he was placing along with Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem a list of Israeli heritage sites.

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Palestinian Muslim clerics walk past the Ibrahimi mosque, which is revered by Muslims and Jews and known in Judaism as the Tomb of Patriarchs, in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on March 17, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last month he was placing two West Bank shrines -- The Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem -- on a list of Israeli heritage sites.

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Palestinian Muslim clerics walk past the Ibrahimi mosque, which is revered by Muslims and Jews and known in Judaism as the Tomb of Patriarchs, in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on March 17, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last month he was placing two West Bank shrines -- The Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem -- on a list of Israeli heritage sites.

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - MARCH 17: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) holds a press conference with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva March 17, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - MARCH 17: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) holds a press conference with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva March 17, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - MARCH 17: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) walks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva March 17, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - MARCH 17: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) walks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva March 17, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, stands with Governor of the Central Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer, center, and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz during a press conference in Jerusalem. Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Fischer has agreed to serve a second five-year term. The U.S.-educated economist said in Jerusalem on Wednesday that he accepts the appointment "willingly and with great respect."

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, stands with Governor of the Central Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer, center, and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz during a press conference in Jerusalem. Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Fischer has agreed to serve a second five-year term. The U.S.-educated economist said in Jerusalem on Wednesday that he accepts the appointment "willingly and with great respect."

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Governor of the Central Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer, speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not seen, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Fischer has agreed to serve a second five-year term. The U.S.-educated economist said in Jerusalem on Wednesday that he accepts the appointment "willingly and with great respect."

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Governor of the Central Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer, speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not seen, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Fischer has agreed to serve a second five-year term. The U.S.-educated economist said in Jerusalem on Wednesday that he accepts the appointment "willingly and with great respect."

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes hands with Governor of the Central Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer during a press conference in Jerusalem. Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Fischer has agreed to serve a second five-year term. The U.S.-educated economist said in Jerusalem on Wednesday that he accepts the appointment "willingly and with great respect."

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes hands with Governor of the Central Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer during a press conference in Jerusalem. Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Fischer has agreed to serve a second five-year term. The U.S.-educated economist said in Jerusalem on Wednesday that he accepts the appointment "willingly and with great respect."

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) presents a certificate to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) presents a certificate to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) presents an award to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) presents an award to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - MARCH 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) is accompanied by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian Authority headquarters March 16, 2010 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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A group of children of Jewish settlers visit under Israeli military protection the Palestinian village of Mreiha, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on a school trip on March 15, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said settlement building in east Jerusalem would continue, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with key ally the United States. Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas responded by saying he would not return to peace talks without a complete settlements freeze.

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A group of children of Jewish settlers visit under Israeli military protection the Palestinian village of Mreiha, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on a school trip on March 15, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said settlement building in east Jerusalem would continue, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with key ally the United States. Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas responded by saying he would not return to peace talks without a complete settlements freeze.

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A group of children of Jewish settlers visit under Israeli military protection the Palestinian village of Mreiha, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on a school trip on March 15, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said settlement building in east Jerusalem would continue, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with key ally the United States. Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas responded by saying he would not return to peace talks without a complete settlements freeze.

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A group of children of Jewish settlers visit under Israeli military protection the Palestinian village of Mreiha, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on a school trip on March 15, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said settlement building in east Jerusalem would continue, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with key ally the United States. Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas responded by saying he would not return to peace talks without a complete settlements freeze.

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A group of children of Jewish settlers visit under Israeli military protection the Palestinian village of Mreiha, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on a school trip on March 15, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said settlement building in east Jerusalem would continue, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with key ally the United States. Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas responded by saying he would not return to peace talks without a complete settlements freeze.

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A group of children of Jewish settlers visit under Israeli military protection the Palestinian village of Mreiha, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on a school trip on March 15, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said settlement building in east Jerusalem would continue, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with key ally the United States. Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas responded by saying he would not return to peace talks without a complete settlements freeze.

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Israeli security forces guard a group of children of Jewish settlers visiting the Palestinian village of Mreiha, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on a school trip on March 15, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said settlement building in east Jerusalem would continue, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with key ally the United States. Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas responded by saying he would not return to peace talks without a complete settlements freeze.

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Israeli security forces guard a group of children of Jewish settlers visiting the Palestinian village of Mreiha, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on a school trip on March 15, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said settlement building in east Jerusalem would continue, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with key ally the United States. Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas responded by saying he would not return to peace talks without a complete settlements freeze.

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An Israeli soldier guards a group of children of Jewish settlers visiting the Palestinian village of Mreiha, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on a school trip on March 15, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said settlement building in east Jerusalem would continue, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with key ally the United States. Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas responded by saying he would not return to peace talks without a complete settlements freeze.

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An Israeli soldier guards a group of children of Jewish settlers visiting the Palestinian village of Mreiha, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on a school trip on March 15, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said settlement building in east Jerusalem would continue, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with key ally the United States. Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas responded by saying he would not return to peace talks without a complete settlements freeze.

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Chief Islamic Justice of the Palestinian territories Sheikh Tayssir al-Tamimi passes through an iron security gate at the entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron in the occupied the West Bank on March 20, 2010. The mosque is built at a site revered by Muslims and Jews and known in Judaism as the Tomb of Patriarchs, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last month he was placing along with Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem a list of Israeli heritage sites.

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Chief Islamic Justice of the Palestinian territories Sheikh Tayssir al-Tamimi passes through an iron security gate at the entrance of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron in the occupied the West Bank on March 20, 2010. The mosque is built at a site revered by Muslims and Jews and known in Judaism as the Tomb of Patriarchs, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last month he was placing along with Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem a list of Israeli heritage sites.

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Palestinian Muslim clerics walk past the Ibrahimi mosque, which is revered by Muslims and Jews and known in Judaism as the Tomb of Patriarchs, in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on March 17, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last month he was placing two West Bank shrines -- The Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem -- on a list of Israeli heritage sites.

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Palestinian Muslim clerics walk past the Ibrahimi mosque, which is revered by Muslims and Jews and known in Judaism as the Tomb of Patriarchs, in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on March 17, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last month he was placing two West Bank shrines -- The Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem -- on a list of Israeli heritage sites.

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - MARCH 17: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) holds a press conference with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva March 17, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - MARCH 17: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) holds a press conference with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva March 17, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - MARCH 17: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) walks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva March 17, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - MARCH 17: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) walks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva March 17, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, stands with Governor of the Central Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer, center, and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz during a press conference in Jerusalem. Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Fischer has agreed to serve a second five-year term. The U.S.-educated economist said in Jerusalem on Wednesday that he accepts the appointment "willingly and with great respect."

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, stands with Governor of the Central Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer, center, and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz during a press conference in Jerusalem. Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Fischer has agreed to serve a second five-year term. The U.S.-educated economist said in Jerusalem on Wednesday that he accepts the appointment "willingly and with great respect."

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