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An Israeli security guard is seen standing near a truck with gas at the gas depot in the southern city of Ashkelon, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Police say an explosive device strapped to a gasoline truck was discovered and defused at the entrance to a major gas depot in southern Israel. Israel
Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, and Hamas official Khalil al-Haya speak to the press during their joint press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover. Hamas
Egyptian soccer fans celebrate in the streets of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, their team's victory over Ghana 1-0 and winning the African Cup of Nations soccer final for the third time in a row in a match played in Luanda, Angola. Cairo
NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 17: Aubrey O'Day (L) and Egypt attend the Baby Phat & KLS Collection Fall 2009 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Gotham Hall on February 17, 2009 in New York City. Egypt
A man buys a book at the Palestine stand during the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. The social forum is the annual counterpoint to the World Economic Forum. Palestine
Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh gives a speech during Friday prayers in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Hamas claimed on Friday that Israeli agents assassinated one of the Palestinian militant group's veteran operatives in a killing allegedly carried out last week in Dubai, and vowed to retaliate. Gaza Strip
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Part at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Turkey
Two swans rest in the snow-covered Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. In the mountainous eastern Turkish city of Erzurum the temperatures reached -34 Celsius Wednesday night. Ankara
A giant portrait of Lebanon's late prime minister Rafik Hariri is seen beside a mosque named after him in Beirut, Lebanon Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007. Hariri, Lebanon's legendary prime minister was killed along with 22 people in a massive suicide truck bombing on Feb. 14, 2005. With the anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's slaying only days away, fears are increasing in downtown Beirut of a possibly explosive standoff between government supporters called to his gravesite and opposition protesters camped nearby. Lebanon
A Brazilian U.N. peacekeeper injured during Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti arrives to a military air base in Sao Paulo, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Haiti Earthquake
A Palestinian woman works in a field in the West Bank village of Al-Aqaba, near Jenin, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. West Bank
Pakistani protesters rally to condemn the verdict against accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui in Quetta, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees. Al-Qaeda
In this photo released by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets U.S. national security adviser Gen. James Jones in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Palestinian Authority
Canada's Caroline Ouellette signs the Olympic truce wall Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 at the athletes village in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The truce installation is two walls decorated with metal panels featuring aboriginal designs. Parts of an Art installation at the Vancouver Olympic athlete's village will be auctioned off to benefit relief efforts in Haiti. Canada
House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, second from left, listens to President Barack Obama, right, during a meeting of House and Senate bipartisan leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington. From left are, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Boehner, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and the president. Barack Obama
Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, second left, Abdullah al-Durazi, head of the Bahrain Human Rights Organization, second right, and Human Rights Watch attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, right, address journalists and Western diplomats Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. Stork claimed Bahrain has resumed torturing security detainees in the past two years, calling it a "distressing" relapse after showing the political will to stop the practice. Middle East
A member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, throws flowers into the sea in memory of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters). Hezbollah
Snow covers the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in 1967, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, with a sign warning people of the 'Frontier Ahead'. Israel's foreign minister harshly warned Syria Thursday against drawing the Jewish state into another war, saying its army would be defeated and its regime would collapse in a future conflict. Syria

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Palestinian security cadets stand in formation as a man walks by with his luggage during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets stand in formation as a man walks by with his luggage during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving the Western-backed president in control only of the West Bank.

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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving the Western-backed president in control only of the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, and Hamas official Khalil al-Haya speak to the press during their joint press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, and Hamas official Khalil al-Haya speak to the press during their joint press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, second from right, walks with Hamas official Khalil al-Haya, right, after a meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, second from right, walks with Hamas official Khalil al-Haya, right, after a meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, sits with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, second from left, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, sits with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, second from left, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, shakes hands with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, shakes hands with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, shakes hands with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, shakes hands with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) signs the guest book of Israel's president Shimon Peres at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) signs the guest book of Israel's president Shimon Peres at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) toasts with Israel's president Shimon Peres during a lunch held in the honour of Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) toasts with Israel's president Shimon Peres during a lunch held in the honour of Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Israel's President Shimon Peres receives Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Israel's President Shimon Peres receives Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Israel's President Shimon Peres receives Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Israel's President Shimon Peres receives Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Israel's President Shimon Peres watches Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) embrace the Israeli singer Rita after her performance at a lunch held in the honour of Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Israel's President Shimon Peres watches Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) embrace the Israeli singer Rita after her performance at a lunch held in the honour of Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Israel's President Shimon Peres watches Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) embrace the Israeli singer Rita after her performance at a lunch held in the honour of Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Israel's President Shimon Peres watches Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) embrace the Israeli singer Rita after her performance at a lunch held in the honour of Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) meets with Israel's president Shimon Peres at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) meets with Israel's president Shimon Peres at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) meets with Israel's president Shimon Peres at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) meets with Israel's president Shimon Peres at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak (L), Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) and Israeli President Shimon Peres attend a lunch held in the honour of Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak (L), Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) and Israeli President Shimon Peres attend a lunch held in the honour of Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) toasts with Israel's president Shimon Peres during a lunch held in the honour of Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) toasts with Israel's president Shimon Peres during a lunch held in the honour of Berlusconi at the President's Residence on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stands before the Israeli Knesset , the Israeli Parliament, before his speech on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 3: Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stands before the Israeli Knesset , the Israeli Parliament, before his speech on February 3, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Berlusconi is on a three-day state visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Berlusconi pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging 'effective sanctions' against Iran, saying the World 'cannot accept' a nuclear-armed Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.

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"We have important ongoing agreements between us. How can these agreements be kept going in this climate of mistrust? I think Israel had better take another look at its relations with its neighbors if it believes it is a world power"


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"We all know that Ahmadinejad - an open anti-Semite and the world's biggest Holocaust denier - intends to destroy Israel and bring disaster to the entire world"


Elie Wiesel Feb 09 2010 2:42 PM from Haaretz

"There aren't many Muslim Nobel winners, but the one that I do know signed it."


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"Ahmadinejad is a danger to the world and pathologically sick ... He is dangerous because he openly wants to destroy Israel, meaning, to destroy another six million Jews."


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Palestinian security cadets stand in formation as a man walks by with his luggage during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets stand in formation as a man walks by with his luggage during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving the Western-backed president in control only of the West Bank.

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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving the Western-backed president in control only of the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, and Hamas official Khalil al-Haya speak to the press during their joint press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, and Hamas official Khalil al-Haya speak to the press during their joint press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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