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West Bank demo : Israeli soldiers stand guard as a Palestinian ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:25:17 GMT

(AFP) - West Bank demo : Israeli soldiers stand guard as a Palestinian woman flashes the victory sign during a demonstration by Palestinian and foreign activists in the West Bank village of Maasarah near Bethlehem. (AFP/Marco Longari)

Iranians chant anti-US and Israeli slogans during weekly prayers ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:33:49 GMT

(AFP) - Iranians chant anti-US and Israeli slogans during weekly prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric says local British embassy staff -- who were arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest -- will be put on trial, a move set to plunge already strained ties to a new low.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:33:49 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests from European governments.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak (R) and special US envoy ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:26:57 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak (R) and special US envoy George Mitchell seen here at a meeting on June 30, 2009 in New York. Barak will meet US Middle East envoy George Mitchell next week for talks aimed at healing a rift over Jewish settlements in the West Bank, a top official said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)

Palestinians take part in a race of Arabian horses in the West ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:13:54 GMT

(AP) - Palestinians take part in a race of Arabian horses in the West Bank city of Jenin, Friday, July 3, 2009. More than fifty riders competed in the races. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Palestinians take part in a race of Arabian horses in the West ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:13:30 GMT

(AP) - Palestinians take part in a race of Arabian horses in the West Bank city of Jenin, Friday, July 3, 2009. More than fifty riders competed in the races. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

A Palestinian takes part in a race of Arabian horses in the ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:13:08 GMT

(AP) - A Palestinian takes part in a race of Arabian horses in the West Bank city of Jenin, Friday, July 3, 2009. More than fifty riders competed in the races. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Palestinians take part in a race of Arabian horses in the West ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:12:13 GMT

(AP) - Palestinians take part in a race of Arabian horses in the West Bank city of Jenin, Friday, July 3, 2009. More than fifty riders competed in the races. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from Hamas, ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:51:33 GMT

(AP) - Deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from Hamas, center right, is escorted as he leaves Friday prayers in Gaza City, Friday, July 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from Hamas ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:46 GMT

(AP) - Deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from Hamas gestures as he speaks at Friday prayers in Gaza City, Friday, July 3, 2009.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign demonstrators run from tear ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:43:16 GMT

(AP) - Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign demonstrators run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village Bilin,near Ramallah, Friday, July 3, 2009. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

A foreign demonstrator runs as tear gas, fired by Israeli troops, ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:42:01 GMT

(AP) - A foreign demonstrator runs as tear gas, fired by Israeli troops, flies through the air during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 3, 2009. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign demonstrators run from tear ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:40:47 GMT

(AP) - Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign demonstrators run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 3, 2009. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo / Nasser Ishtayeh)

Israeli troops protect the fence line as they stand shrouded ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:40:26 GMT

(AP) - Israeli troops protect the fence line as they stand shrouded in tear gas during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 3, 2009. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

A hospital worker sits next to the body of a Palestinian teenage ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:36:09 GMT

(Reuters) - A hospital worker sits next to the body of a Palestinian teenage girl Heyam Abu Ayish before her funeral in the Central Gaza Strip July 3, 2009. Abu Ayish was killed by a shell that exploded in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday and which hospital workers and Hamas officials said was fired by an Israeli tank. Israeli military officials said an initial investigation showed the girl was probably killed by a misfiring mortar round fired by Palestinian militants during clashes with soldiers near a border crossing in the area. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT)

REFILE - CORRECTING MONTH Protesters and a member of the media ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:12:31 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING MONTH Protesters and a member of the media are engulfed by teargas fired by Israeli soldiers during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Arouri (WEST BANK CONFLICT POLITICS)

REFILE - CORRECTING MONTH Protesters are engulfed by teargas ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:11:26 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING MONTH Protesters are engulfed by teargas fired by Israeli soldiers during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Arouri (WEST BANK CONFLICT POLITICS)

REFILE - CORRECTING MONTH Tear gas canisters fired by Israeli ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:10:20 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING MONTH Tear gas canisters fired by Israeli soldiers land near journalists and protesters during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Arouri (WEST BANK CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

REFILE - CORRECTING MONTH Tear gas canisters fired by Israeli ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:10:18 GMT

Iranian worshippers chant anti-US and Israel slogans during ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:35:51 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian worshippers chant anti-US and Israel slogans during weekly prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric has said that British embassy staff arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest will be put on trial, a move set to plunge already strained ties to a new low.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

Palestinian men carry posters of late leader Yasser Arafat, ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:16:23 GMT

(AP) - Palestinian men carry posters of late leader Yasser Arafat, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, as they demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinians held in Israeli jails, calling for their release during a march organized by the PLO, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

A Palestinian woman carries a poster of jailed uprising leader ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:15:40 GMT

(AP) - A Palestinian woman carries a poster of jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti of Fatah, as she demonstrates in solidarity with Palestinians held in Israeli jails, calling for their release during a march organized by the PLO, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

A Palestinian girl displays a picture of late leader Yasser ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:15:10 GMT

(AP) - A Palestinian girl displays a picture of late leader Yasser Arafat on her chest, as she demonstrates in solidarity with Palestinians held in Israeli jails, calling for their release during a march organized by the PLO, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Organized by the PLO, Palestinian women demonstrate in solidarity ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:13:55 GMT

(AP) - Organized by the PLO, Palestinian women demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinians held in Israeli jails, as they call for their release in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

An Iranian worshipper chants anti-US and anti-Israel slogans ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:55:47 GMT

(AP) - An Iranian worshipper chants anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a Friday prayer's ceremony, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. A top Iranian cleric said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian worshippers chant anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:55:27 GMT

(AP) - Iranian worshippers chant anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a Friday prayers ceremony, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. A top Iranian cleric said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh waves to his supporters after ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:36:14 GMT

(Reuters) - Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh waves to his supporters after attending Friday prayers at al-Noor mosque in Gaza City July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah (GAZA POLITICS RELIGION)

Palestinians listen to senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:35:08 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinians listen to senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during Friday prayers at al-Noor mosque in Gaza City July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah (GAZA POLITICS RELIGION)

Relatives of a Palestinian teenage girl Heyam Abu Ayish mourn ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:47:35 GMT

(Reuters) - Relatives of a Palestinian teenage girl Heyam Abu Ayish mourn during her funeral in the Central Gaza Strip July 3, 2009. Abu Ayish was killed by a shell that exploded in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday and which hospital workers and Hamas officials said was fired by an Israeli tank. Israeli military officials said an initial investigation showed the girl was probably killed by a misfiring mortar round fired by Palestinian militants during clashes with soldiers near a border crossing in the area. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT)

Palestinian relatives of Heyam Abu Ayesh, 17, mourn over her ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:28:03 GMT

(AP) - Palestinian relatives of Heyam Abu Ayesh, 17, mourn over her body at the morgue of the Al- Aqsa hospital, in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, July 3, 2009. Abu Ayesh was killed in a blast in central Gaza near the Israeli border Thursday, Hamas security officials said, charging that an Israeli tank shell was to blame. The Israeli military said soldiers returned fire after they came under fire from Palestinian militants across the border in central Gaza and that the army was still investigating the incident.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinian relatives of Heyam Abu Ayesh, 17, mourn over her ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:43 GMT

Palestinian women react during the funeral of Heyam Abu Ayesh, ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:24:58 GMT

(AP) - Palestinian women react during the funeral of Heyam Abu Ayesh, 17, east of Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Friday, July 3, 2009. Abu Ayesh was killed in a blast in central Gaza near the Israeli border Thursday, Hamas security officials said, charging that an Israeli tank shell was to blame. The Israeli military said soldiers returned fire after they came under fire from Palestinian militants across the border in central Gaza and that the army was still investigating the incident.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

In this photo taken Tuesday June 21, 2009 Palestinian Hamas ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:22:56 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Tuesday June 21, 2009 Palestinian Hamas lawmaker Mahmoud al-Ramahi, secretary-general of the Palestinian parliament, checks with an advisor a list of Hamas members detained by the Palestinian Authority at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces widen a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank and now hold nearly 900 detainees, a record number that includes high school students, wives of activists and others on the fringes of the Islamic militant group, Hamas says.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

In this photo taken Tuesday June 21, 2009 Palestinian Hamas ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:22:30 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Tuesday June 21, 2009 Palestinian Hamas lawmaker Mahmoud al-Ramahi, secretary-general of the Palestinian parliament, speaks at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces widen a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank and now hold nearly 900 detainees, a record number that includes high school students, wives of activists and others on the fringes of the Islamic militant group, Hamas says.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

** FILE - In this July 12, 2007 file photo Hamas activists, ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:21:55 GMT

(AP) - ** FILE - In this July 12, 2007 file photo Hamas activists, from left to right, Nasser Haraz, Rami Tabari, and Abu Atiya are seen behind bars at the Fatah-controlled prison in the West Bank town of Nablus. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces widen a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank and now hold nearly 900 detainees, a record number that includes high school students, wives of activists and others on the fringes of the Islamic militant group, Hamas says.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)

Gaza destruction : A Palestinian woman reacts to the damage ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:32:34 GMT

(AFP) - Gaza destruction : A Palestinian woman reacts to the damage her house sustained from Israeli tank fire in Moghraqa, in central Gaza. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Rebuilding : Palestinians build a house with clay, after their ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:25:23 GMT

(AFP) - Rebuilding : Palestinians build a house with clay, after their home was destroyed during the 22-day Israeli offensive over Gaza, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. (AFP/Said Khatib)

A Palestinian boy sits near houses damaged during the three-week ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:25:32 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian boy sits near houses damaged during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. Amnesty International said on Thursday Israel inflicted "wanton destruction" in the Gaza Strip in attacks that often targeted Palestinian civilians during an offensive in December and January in the Hamas-run enclave. The London-based rights group, in a 117-page report on the 22 days of fighting, also criticised the Islamist movement Hamas for rocket attacks on Israel, which it called "war crimes". REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT)

A Palestinian man stands near houses destroyed during the three-week ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:16:48 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian man stands near houses destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. Amnesty International said on Thursday Israel inflicted "wanton destruction" in the Gaza Strip in attacks that often targeted Palestinian civilians during an offensive in December and January in the Hamas-run enclave. The London-based rights group, in a 117-page report on the 22 days of fighting, also criticised the Islamist movement Hamas for rocket attacks on Israel, which it called "war crimes". REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT)

A Palestinian man stands near houses destroyed during the three-week ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:55:36 GMT

A Palestinian man passes houses destroyed during the three-week ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:52:10 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian man passes houses destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. Amnesty International said on Thursday Israel inflicted "wanton destruction" in the Gaza Strip in attacks that often targeted Palestinian civilians during an offensive in December and January in the Hamas-run enclave. The London-based rights group, in a 117-page report on the 22 days of fighting, also criticised the Islamist movement Hamas for rocket attacks on Israel, which it called "war crimes". REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT)

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (C) visits the ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:48:42 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (C) visits the northern town of Shefaram, one of Israel's largest Arab towns July 2, 2009. Lieberman on Thursday assailed a U.S.-led campaign to stop settlement building as "disproportionate" in the face of other world crises. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL POLITICS)

Palestinians work atop their house destroyed during the three-week ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:47:34 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinians work atop their house destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched in Gaza last December, in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. Amnesty International said on Thursday Israel inflicted "wanton destruction" in the Gaza Strip in attacks that often targeted Palestinian civilians during an offensive in December and January in the Hamas-run enclave. The London-based rights group, in a 117-page report on the 22 days of fighting, also criticised the Islamist movement Hamas for rocket attacks on Israel, which it called "war crimes". REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT)

A Palestinian girl looks out a tent near her house, which was ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:46:20 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian girl looks out a tent near her house, which was destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched in Gaza last December, in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. Amnesty International said on Thursday Israel inflicted "wanton destruction" in the Gaza Strip in attacks that often targeted Palestinian civilians during an offensive in December and January in the Hamas-run enclave. The London-based rights group, in a 117-page report on the 22 days of fighting, also criticised the Islamist movement Hamas for rocket attacks on Israel, which it called "war crimes". REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT)

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman visits the northern ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:45:02 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman visits the northern town of Shefaram, one of Israel's largest Arab towns, July 2, 2009. Lieberman on Thursday assailed a U.S.-led campaign to stop settlement building as "disproportionate" in the face of other world crises. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL POLITICS)

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:44:55 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks during his visit to the northern town of Shefaram, one of Israel's largest Arab towns, July 2, 2009. Lieberman on Thursday assailed a U.S.-led campaign to stop settlement building as "disproportionate" in the face of other world crises. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL POLITICS)

A Palestinian man walks past houses destroyed during the three-week ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:23:36 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian man walks past houses destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched in Gaza last December, in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. Amnesty International said on Thursday Israel inflicted "wanton destruction" in the Gaza Strip in attacks that often targeted Palestinian civilians during an offensive in December and January in the Hamas-run enclave. The London-based rights group, in a 117-page report on the 22 days of fighting, also criticised the Islamist movement Hamas for rocket attacks on Israel, which it called "war crimes". REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Palestinian woman inspects her damaged house in the central ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:13:02 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian woman inspects her damaged house in the central Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. An Israeli tank shell fired into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed a Palestinian teenage girl on Thursday, hospital workers said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said there had been clashes between soldiers and Palestinian militants near a border crossing in the area. Military officials said troops had fired mortars during the fighting. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT)

Palestinians rush a wounded for treatment at Al-Aqsa hospital, ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:29:30 GMT

(AP) - Palestinians rush a wounded for treatment at Al-Aqsa hospital, in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip, following a blast near the border with Israel Thursday, July 2, 2009. A 17- year-old girl was killed in a blast in central Gaza near the Israeli border Thursday, Hamas security officials said, charging that an Israeli tank shell was to blame. The Israeli military said soldiers came under fire from Palestinian militants across the border in central Gaza and returned the fire, but they did not use tank shells.(AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)

Palestinian medics treat a wounded man at Al- Aqsa hospital, ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:28:55 GMT

(AP) - Palestinian medics treat a wounded man at Al- Aqsa hospital, in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip, following a blast near the border with Israel Thursday, July 2, 2009. A 17- year-old girl was killed in a blast in central Gaza near the Israeli border Thursday, Hamas security officials said, charging that an Israeli tank shell was to blame. The Israeli military said soldiers came under fire from Palestinian militants across the border in central Gaza and returned the fire, but they did not use tank shells. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)