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A soldier from the British Armed Forces stands at attention ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A soldier from the British Armed Forces stands at attention after playing the bugle during a service of remembrance at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Jerusalem November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM ANNIVERSARY POLITICS MILITARY)

An officer from the British Armed Forces assists in the wreath-laying ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An officer from the British Armed Forces assists in the wreath-laying at a service of remembrance at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Jerusalem November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM ANNIVERSARY MILITARY POLITICS)

A piper (L) and a bugler from the British Armed Forces prepare ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A piper (L) and a bugler from the British Armed Forces prepare for the start of a service of remembrance at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Jerusalem November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM ANNIVERSARY POLITICS MILITARY)

Israel kept mum on Friday on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israel kept mum on Friday on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' announcement that he would not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is keen on the moderate remaining in office. Photo:Abbas Momani/AFP

The 137-metre (450-foot) Antigua-flagged vessel 'Francop' which ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - The 137-metre (450-foot) Antigua-flagged vessel 'Francop' which was seized by the Israeli navy is pictured in the port of Ashdod, Israel on November 4. A ship intercepted by Israel for allegedly carrying Iranian weapons destined for Hezbollah entered on Friday Lebanese waters where authorities are questioning its crew, the army said. Photo:David Buimovitch/AFP

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, seen here in March ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, seen here in March 2009. Norwegian prosecutors announced they would not pursue war crimes charges against Israeli officials, including former prime ministerEhud Olmert, over the Gaza Strip offensive. Photo:Uriel Sinai/AFP

Smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - Smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes in December, 2008. The UN General Assembly enjoined Israel and the Palestinians to probe war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza nearly a year ago, a move which the Jewish state said would hurt the quest for Middle East peace. Photo:Said Khatib/AFP

File picture shows Israeli tanks along the southern Israeli ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - File picture shows Israeli tanks along the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip in December, 2008. The UN General Assembly enjoined Israel and the Palestinians to probe war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza nearly a year ago, a move which the Jewish state said would hurt the quest for Middle East peace. Photo:David Buimovitch/AFP

A worker enters the dome of the Dome of the Rock Mosque at the ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - A worker enters the dome of the Dome of the Rock Mosque at the al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's old city. Seven US Senators on Thursday unveiled legislation to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a step perennially resisted by US presidents including Barack Obama. Photo:Marco Longari/AFP

An Israeli settler raises an Israeli flag over a makeshift structure ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Israeli settler raises an Israeli flag over a makeshift structure on the illegal outpost of Givat Tzuria, north of the West Bank Palestinian city of Tulkarem, in July 2009. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday he will not seek re-election as he voiced frustration with the US position on Israeli settlements and delivered a major blow to Washington's Middle East peace efforts. Photo:David Furst/AFP

Israeli President Shimon Peres, pictured in October 2009, is ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli President Shimon Peres, pictured in October 2009, is to visit Brazil next week, just days before his country's archfoe, Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to also arrive, according to officials. Photo:Gali Tibbon/AFP

A picture taken at the Israeli port of Ashdod shows an intercepted ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - A picture taken at the Israeli port of Ashdod shows an intercepted cargo ship. Israel has called for the international community to take action against Iran, blaming Tehran for dispatching a weapons-laden ship to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia. Photo:David Buimovitch/AFP

Israel's capture of a weapons-laden ship allegedly sent from ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israel's capture of a weapons-laden ship allegedly sent from Iran and bound for Hezbollah will underscore its case against Tehran in the international community. Photo:/AFP

Israeli naval commandos intercepted a ship carrying 'hundreds ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli naval commandos intercepted a ship carrying 'hundreds of tonnes' of arms which officials said were being sent from Iran to the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. The haul from the Francop ship is among the largest ever seized by Israel, containing hundreds of ammunition crates packed into shipping containers, many hidden behind sacks of cement. Duration: 00:36 Photo:/AFP

A grenade and landmines are displayed among other weapons by ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - A grenade and landmines are displayed among other weapons by the Israeli military at the port of Ashdod. Israel has called for the international community to take action against Iran, blaming Tehran for dispatching a weapons-laden ship to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia. Photo:David Buimovitch/AFP

Munitions seized by Israeli authorities on a ship near Cyprus, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:29:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Munitions seized by Israeli authorities on a ship near Cyprus, are presented in the port of the Israeli city of Ashdod. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Tsafrir Abayov )

Palestinian civilians flee during an Israeli strike on the Gaza ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian civilians flee during an Israeli strike on the Gaza strip town of Beit Lahia in January 2009. Arab and nonaligned nations sought UN General Assembly support Wednesday for their call on Israel and the Palestinians to launch credible probes of war crimes allegedly committed during the Gaza war. Photo:Mohammed Abed/AFP

Palestinian women walk past a destroyed house in the Israeli-bombed ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian women walk past a destroyed house in the Israeli-bombed Jabalia neighbourhood in January 2009, during the three-week Gaza war. Arab and nonaligned nations sought UN General Assembly support Wednesday for their call on Israel and the Palestinians to launch credible probes of war crimes allegedly committed during the Gaza war. Photo:Patrick Baz/AFP

Israeli soldiers fire a mortar round towards the Gaza Strip ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli soldiers fire a mortar round towards the Gaza Strip from the Israeli side of the border, in January 2009. Arab and nonaligned nations sought UN General Assembly support Wednesday for their call on Israel and the Palestinians to launch credible probes of war crimes allegedly committed during the Gaza war. Photo:Menahem Kahana/AFP

The Israeli military display at the port of Ashdod what they ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Israeli military display at the port of Ashdod what they said were hundreds of tonnes of arms sent from Iran. Israel said on Wednesday that commandos had intercepted a ship carrying 'hundreds of tonnes' of arms from Iran to Hezbollah in a raid dozens of miles off its coast but both Iran and Syria denied the cargo was headed to the Lebanese militia. Photo:David Buimovitch/AFP

Jewish men draped in prayer shawls, say the Cohanim prayer (priest's ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - Jewish men draped in prayer shawls, say the Cohanim prayer (priest's blessing) during the annual blessing celebration of Sukkot, or the feast of the Tabernacles, at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, October 2009. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday the future of Jerusalem must be on the agenda of any Middle East peace talks. Photo:Menahem Kahana/AFP

An Israeli military vehicle patrols the border with Lebanon, ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Israeli military vehicle patrols the border with Lebanon, as seen from the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh in September 2009. Israeli naval commandos and warships have intercepted a ship 'apparently' carrying weapons from Iran to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia in a raid dozens of miles off its coast, officials said. Photo:Ali Dia/AFP

Members of the Lebanese security forces inspect a rocket found ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Members of the Lebanese security forces inspect a rocket found set up and pointing towards Israel in a field near the southern Lebanese village of Naqura in 2008. Israeli naval commandos and warships have intercepted a ship 'apparently' carrying weapons from Iran to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia in a raid dozens of miles off its coast, officials said Photo:/AFP

Jewish men draped in prayer shawls, say the Cohanim prayer (priest's ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:58:00 GMT

An Israeli artillery battery fires a smoke bomb into the Gaza ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Israeli artillery battery fires a smoke bomb into the Gaza Strip in January. Israel has pressed its campaign against a UN report on the Gaza war that accused it of war crimes as the General Assembly prepared to vote on a non-binding resolution on the inquiry. Photo:Jack Guez/AFP

Israeli artillery flares illuminate the Palestinian town of ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli artillery flares illuminate the Palestinian town of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, December 2008. Israel has pressed its campaign against a UN report on the Gaza war that accused it of war crimes as the General Assembly prepared to vote on a non-binding resolution on the inquiry. Photo:Patrick Baz/AFP

Israeli security forces stand guard. Israeli security forces ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli security forces stand guard. Israeli security forces went on high alert, mounting road blocks and additional patrols for fear that militants had infiltrated into central Israel, officials said. Photo:Gali Tibbon/AFP

An Israeli military ship cruises around the border with south ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Israeli military ship cruises around the border with south Lebanon. The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying weapons 100 nautical miles off its coastline overnight, a military spokeswoman said Photo:Hrvoje Polan/AFP

The smoke trail of a rocket after it was launched by Palestinian ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - The smoke trail of a rocket after it was launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying weapons 100 nautical miles (185 kilometres) off its coastline overnight, a military spokeswoman said Photo:Mohammed Abed/AFP

A ship identified by Ephraim Alter, CEO of Allalouf Shipping, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:02:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A ship identified by Ephraim Alter, CEO of Allalouf Shipping, as an arms ship seized by Israeli authorities near Cyprus Wednesday, anchors in the port of the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, Israel. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Avi Roccah)

Lebanese troops patrol the Lebanon-Israel border. Despite strong ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Lebanese troops patrol the Lebanon-Israel border. Despite strong Israeli opposition, the UN General Assembly was set Wednesday to ask Israel and the Palestinians to launch credible, independent probes of alleged war crimes committed during a conflict in Gaza. Photo:Mahmoud Zayat/AFP

Israeli children gather in a bomb shelter at a school in Jerusalem ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli children gather in a bomb shelter at a school in Jerusalem during a civil defence exercise. Despite strong Israeli opposition, the UN General Assembly was set Wednesday to ask Israel and the Palestinians to launch credible, independent probes of alleged war crimes committed during a conflict in Gaza. Photo:Menahem Kahana/AFP

Israel's Arad Group CEO Dan Winter shows a water meter during ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Arad Group CEO Dan Winter shows a water meter during a demonstration of a fly-by system, which collects data from water meters, in a field near Tel Aviv October 19, 2009. Outside a small town near Tel Aviv, a pilotless drone aircraft with a three-foot (1-metre) wingspan collects data from hundreds of gauges. A single technician with a laptop monitors the flight from the ground and receives an instant picture of the town's system, including, he says, a house with a leaky toilet. A plane that reads water meters -- as well as a tiny turbine that can generate electricity from within water pipes -- are among technologies Israeli companies are developing to help save billions of dollars in water lost from leaky pipes. Picture taken October 19, 2009. To match feature WATER-ISRAEL/LEAKS REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen/Files (ISRAEL ENERGY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) poses at the 6th edition ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) poses at the 6th edition of the Forum for the Future in Marrakesh November 3, 2009. Clinton offered aid on Tuesday to boost ties with the Muslim world and urged Israel, the Palestinians and Arab countries to move beyond recrimination in the search for peace. REUTERS/Jean Blondin

Israeli soldiers walk in the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, near ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli soldiers walk in the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on September 2009. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday the US demand for a halt in Israeli settlement expansion is clear and that she could have been clearer when speaking about it, days after stirring an Arab backlash over praising Israel's plan to ease settlement growth. Photo:Menahem Kahana/AFP

Israeli soldiers train near the coastal Israel city of Ashdod ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli soldiers train near the coastal Israel city of Ashdod where batteries of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles system are stationed as part of the Juniper Cobra 10 joint exercise between the US and the Israeli military in October 2009. Israel's prime minister hailed the exercise, amid continuing high tensions with Iran, amid claims that Hamas now has rockets capable of hitting Tel Aviv. Photo:David Buimovitch/AFP

Israeli settlers carry the belongings of a Palestinian family ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli settlers carry the belongings of a Palestinian family back into their house following an Israeli police order in the mostly Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Dozens of Israeli settlers took over the house on Tuesday armed with a court order secured after a protracted legal battle with a Palestinian family, witnesses and police said. Photo:Gali Tibbon/AFP

Israeli security forces stand guard in front of a Palestinian ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli security forces stand guard in front of a Palestinian house in the mostly Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah after Israeli settlers took control over the house accompanied with a private security company following an Israeli court order. Photo:Gali Tibbon/AFP

A Palestinian boy plays with his brother inside a tent near ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian boy plays with his brother inside a tent near their house, which was destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS SOCIETY CONFLICT)

Palestinians wash trays inside a tent near their house, which ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinians wash trays inside a tent near their house, which was destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS SOCIETY CONFLICT)

A Palestinian boy sits outside a tent near his house, which ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian boy sits outside a tent near his house, which was destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY)

Palestinian children climb on a tent near their house, which ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian children climb on a tent near their house, which was destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA SOCIETY POLITICS CONFLICT)

Israeli sappers carry the remains of a rocket launched from ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:33:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli sappers carry the remains of a rocket launched from Gaza Strip which hit the costal Israeli city of Ashkelon in January. The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has successfully test-fired a rocket capable of reaching Tel Aviv from the Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli general warned on Tuesday. Photo:David Buimovitch/AFP

A Palestinian woman sits next to belongings removed from her ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian woman sits next to belongings removed from her house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem November 3, 2009. Jews took over the Palestinian home in Arab East Jerusalem on Tuesday after an Israeli court ruled in their favour in a lengthy land-ownership dispute -- a practice repeatedly condemned by the United Nations. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (JERUSALEM POLITICS CONFLICT)

An Israeli stands on a roof near a house taken over by Jewish ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Israeli stands on a roof near a house taken over by Jewish settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem November 3, 2009. Jews took over a Palestinian home in Arab East Jerusalem on Tuesday after an Israeli court ruled in their favour in a lengthy land-ownership dispute -- a practice repeatedly condemned by the United Nations. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (JERUSALEM POLITICS CONFLICT)

An unidentified Palestinian man holds a pipe as he tries to ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An unidentified Palestinian man holds a pipe as he tries to push back Jewish settlers into a house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem November 3, 2009, in this handout picture released by the International Solidarity Movement. Jews took over the Palestinian home in Arab East Jerusalem on Tuesday after an Israeli court ruled in their favour in a lengthy land-ownership dispute -- a practice repeatedly condemned by the United Nations. REUTERS/International Solidarity Movement/Handout (JERUSALEM POLITICS CONFLICT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Mock victims lie on the ground during a drill simulating an ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Mock victims lie on the ground during a drill simulating an attack resulting in mass casualties at a shopping mall in the northern city of Haifa November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Baz Ratner(ISRAEL POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)

An Israeli policeman acting as a militant walks past Israeli ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Israeli policeman acting as a militant walks past Israeli soldiers acting as mock victims during a drill simulating an attack resulting in mass casualties at a shopping mall in the northern city of Haifa November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Baz Ratner(ISRAEL POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)

Israeli police officers take their positions during a drill ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israeli police officers take their positions during a drill simulating an attack resulting in mass casualties at a shopping mall in the northern city of Haifa November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Baz Ratner(ISRAEL POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)

Israeli medics carry a mock victim on a stretcher during a drill ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israeli medics carry a mock victim on a stretcher during a drill simulating an attack resulting in mass casualties at a shopping mall in the northern city of Haifa November 3, 2009. Reuters/Baz Ratner(ISRAEL POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)