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An undercover Israeli police officer (R) scuffles with a Palestinian ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An undercover Israeli police officer (R) scuffles with a Palestinian youth suspected of throwing stones while trying to detain him during clashes in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli police that entered the refugee camp, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A pedestrian walks past a Swatch shop in Jerusalem February ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:27:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A pedestrian walks past a Swatch shop in Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Swatch Group, the world's largest watchmaker by sales, said it is aiming for its best year ever in 2010 after seeing a strong pick-up in sales in January and February, easing worries that a flagging economic recovery might hit demand. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (JERUSALEM - Tags: BUSINESS)

Shoppers look at watches in a Swatch store in Jerusalem February ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Shoppers look at watches in a Swatch store in Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Swatch Group, the world's largest watchmaker by sales, said it is aiming for its best year ever in 2010 after seeing a strong pick-up in sales in January and February, easing worries that a flagging economic recovery might hit demand. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (JERUSALEM - Tags: BUSINESS)

Swatch watches are displayed in a shop in Jerusalem February ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Swatch watches are displayed in a shop in Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Swatch Group, the world's largest watchmaker by sales, said it is aiming for its best year ever in 2010 after seeing a strong pick-up in sales in January and February, easing worries that a flagging economic recovery might hit demand. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (JERUSALEM - Tags: BUSINESS)

A Palestinian youth is arrested by Israeli border policemen ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Palestinian youth is arrested by Israeli border policemen following clashes with Israeli forces at the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem. Israeli security forces arrested nine Palestinians in a second raid in as many days in the refugee camp in mainly Arab east Jerusalem after youths hurled stones at them. Photo:Menahem Kahana/AFP

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks during a Yisrael ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks during a Yisrael Beiteinu party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem. Indirect Middle East peace talks should begin soon, Lieberman said in the first public comment by an Israeli official on a US initiative. Photo:Gali Tibbon/AFP

A Palestinian youth kicks a tyre from a rooftop after setting ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian youth kicks a tyre from a rooftop after setting it ablaze during clashes with Israeli border police in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli police that entered the refugee camp, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Israeli border police take position during clashes with Palestinian ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israeli border police take position during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwers in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli police that entered the refugee camp, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

An Israeli flag flies on the rooftop of Beit Yonatan, bottom ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:23:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - An Israeli flag flies on the rooftop of Beit Yonatan, bottom left, a house built by Jewish settlers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. The Israeli government has stepped in to try to save a house built illegally by Jewish settlers in a volatile Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem, complicating already troubled U.S. efforts to renew Mideast peacemaking. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Dan Balilty)

A Palestinian woman walks past tyres set ablaze by Palestinian ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian woman walks past tyres set ablaze by Palestinian youths during clashes with Israeli border police in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli police that entered the refugee camp, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Palestinian girls walk past Israeli border police taking position ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian girls walk past Israeli border police taking position during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwers in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli police that entered the refugee camp, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A Palestinian suspected of throwing stones is detained by Israeli ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian suspected of throwing stones is detained by Israeli border police during clashes in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli police that entered the refugee camp, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Palestinian youths throw stones at an Israeli police vehicle ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian youths throw stones at an Israeli police vehicle in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli police that entered the refugee camp, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A Palestinian youth suspected of throwing stones is detained ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian youth suspected of throwing stones is detained by Israeli police during clashes in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli police that entered the refugee camp, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Palestinian children walk behind Israeli border police as they ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian children walk behind Israeli border police as they take position during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwers in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 9, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli police that entered the refugee camp, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem in this February 7, 2010 file picture. Netanyahu called for immediate and 'crippling' sanctions against Iran on February 9, 2010, as it began making higher-grade nuclear fuel in defiance of international censure. REUTERS/Uriel Sinai/Pool/Files (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS)

Palestinian women walk past a cardboard cut-out of captured ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian women walk past a cardboard cut-out of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit upon their arrival to visit jailed relatives at Hadarim prison near Netanya February 9, 2010. About 30 Israelis protested outside the prison on Tuesday calling for the right to visit Shalit, who has been held incommunicado by Gaza militants for more than three years, as is granted to families of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Palestinian woman looks at Israeli demonstrators through the ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian woman looks at Israeli demonstrators through the window of a bus upon her arrival to visit a jailed relative at Hadarim prison near Netanya February 9, 2010. About 30 Israelis protested outside the prison on Tuesday calling for the right to visit captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held incommunicado by Gaza militants for more than three years, as is granted to families of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

REFILE - ADDITIONAL CAPTION INFORMATION An Israeli demonstrator ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - ADDITIONAL CAPTION INFORMATION An Israeli demonstrator wears a sticker over her mouth during a protest outside Hadarim prison near Netanya February 9, 2010. About 30 Israelis protested outside the prison on Tuesday calling for the right to visit captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held incommunicado by Gaza militants for more than three years, as is granted to families of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. The sticker reads in Hebrew 'Gilad is still alive.' REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A Palestinian woman walks past a cardboard cut-out of captured ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian woman walks past a cardboard cut-out of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit upon her arrival to visit a jailed relative at Hadarim prison near Netanya February 9, 2010. About 30 Israelis protested outside the prison on Tuesday calling for the right to visit Shalit, who has been held incommunicado by Gaza militants for more than three years, as is granted to families of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday slammed ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday slammed Turkey for its recent 'anti-Israeli' stance but said the Jewish state would continue efforts to rebuild ties with long-time ally Ankara. Photo:Gali Tibbon/AFP

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a news conference after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin February 1 , 2010. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Israeli Goel Ratzon is seen during a hearing at a courtroom ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:18:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Israeli Goel Ratzon is seen during a hearing at a courtroom in Tel Aviv, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Goel Ratzon, 60, whose first name is Hebrew for 'Savior', is in a Tel Aviv jail, suspected by police of enslaving a cult-like harem of at least 17 women and 37 children. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Moti Milrod

A Palestinian stone-thrower (L) runs away from an Israeli border ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:02:00 GMT

A Palestinian youth prepares to hurl a stone at Israeli border ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian youth prepares to hurl a stone at Israeli border police vehicles in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 8, 2010. The Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of Jerusalem erupted in violence on Monday after Israeli police carried out a raid to arrest tax evaders and Palestinians responded by throwing stones. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

A general view shows the Palestinian Shuafat refugee camp behind ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - A general view shows the Palestinian Shuafat refugee camp behind Israel?s separation barrier in east Jerusalem, on December 31, 2009. Israeli security forces raided on Monday a Palestinian refugee camp in annexed east Jerusalem, arresting 11 people in what police said was an operation aimed at 'putting order' in the area. Photo:Ahmad Gharabli/AFP

A Palestinian youth prepares to hurl a stone at Israeli border ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:14:00 GMT

A Palestinian youth throws a stone at an Israeli border police ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian youth throws a stone at an Israeli border police vehicle in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 8, 2010. The Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of Jerusalem erupted in violence on Monday after Israeli police carried out a raid to arrest tax evaders and Palestinians responded by throwing stones. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A Palestinian woman looks at Israeli border police officers ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian woman looks at Israeli border police officers through the window of a bus in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 8, 2010. The Palestinian refugee camp erupted in violence on Monday after Israeli police carried out a raid to arrest municipal tax evaders and Palestinians responded with stone-throwing. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Spaniard Ariadna Jove Marti (2nd L) and Australian Bridgette ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Spaniard Ariadna Jove Marti (2nd L) and Australian Bridgette Chappell, both activists belonging to the International Solidarity Movement, appear in Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem February 8, 2010. Israel's Supreme Court ordered the two pro-Palestinian foreign activists released on bail on Monday, saying Israeli immigration officers overstepped their bounds by detaining them in the West Bank. REUTERS/Tess Scheflan (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman attends an Yisrael ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman attends an Yisrael Beiteinu party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS)

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (front) attends a ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (front) attends a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS)

Israeli soldiers on patrol in the West Bank city of Hebron in ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli soldiers on patrol in the West Bank city of Hebron in August. Israel's Supreme Court ordered authorities to release two foreign activists seized in a Palestinian-controlled part of the West Bank, their lawyer said. Photo:AFP/File/AFP

A Palestinian girl walks in the Shuafat refugee camp in the ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian girl walks in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 8, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli border police that entered the refugee camp to arrest Palestinians suspected of illegal activity, a border police spokesman said on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

An Israeli border police officer is hit with a rock thrown by ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Israeli border police officer is hit with a rock thrown by a Palestinian in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 8, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli border police that entered the refugee camp to arrest Palestinians suspected of illegal activity, a border police spokesman said on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Palestinian stone-thrower (L) runs away from an Israeli border ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian stone-thrower (L) runs away from an Israeli border police officer during clashes in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 8, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli border police that entered the refugee camp to arrest Palestinians suspected of illegal activity, a border police spokesman said on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A Palestinian youth kicks an Israeli border police vehicle in ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian youth kicks an Israeli border police vehicle in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 8, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli border police that entered the refugee camp to arrest Palestinians suspected of illegal activity, a border police spokesman said on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)

An Israeli border police officer takes position during clashes ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Israeli border police officer takes position during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwers in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 8, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli border police that entered the refugee camp to arrest Palestinians suspected of illegal activity, a border police spokesman said on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Palestinian youths hurl stones at an Israeli border police vehicle ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian youths hurl stones at an Israeli border police vehicle in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 8, 2010. Clashes erupted between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli border police that entered the refugee camp to arrest Palestinians suspected of illegal activity, a border police spokesman said on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, seen here in January 2010. ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, seen here in January 2010. Abbas has agreed in principle to indirect talks with Israel under US mediation but has requested a number of guarantees, a Palestinian official said Photo:Michael Kappeler/AFP

Palestinian, foreign and Israeli left-wing activists take part ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian, foreign and Israeli left-wing activists take part in a protest in the mostly Arab Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah against Israeli settlement expansion. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has agreed in principle to indirect talks with Israel under US mediation but has requested a number of guarantees, a Palestinian official said Photo:Gali Tibbon/AFP

Palestinians stand outside a building, lived in by Jewish settlers, ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinians stand outside a building, lived in by Jewish settlers, that has an Israeli flag hung on it in the Arab East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan February 8, 2010. The Jerusalem municipality, acting on a court order, plans to evacuate and seal off the building in the predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood and is also expected to issue demolition orders for Palestinian structures there that it says were built illegally. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS)

A view of the Arab East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan February ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A view of the Arab East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan February 8, 2010. The Jerusalem municipality, acting on a court order, plans to evacuate and seal off a building in the predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood lived in by Jewish settlers and is also expected to issue demolition orders for Palestinian structures there that it says were built illegally. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS)

Protesters hold up posters of Palestinian and Syrian prisoners ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Protesters hold up posters of Palestinian and Syrian prisoners in Israeli jails, in front of the Red Cross office in Damascus February 8,2010 .REUTERS/ Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A Palestinian girl takes part in a protest in Gaza City calling ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian girl takes part in a protest in Gaza City calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, pictured in 2009, ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, pictured in 2009, on Sunday denied apologising to a senior Saudi diplomat before a rare public handshake between officials of the two states. Photo:Daniel Bar-On/AFP

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad delivers a speech as he leaves ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad delivers a speech as he leaves the Elysee presidential palace in Paris in November. Syria will support Lebanon in the event of any attack from Israel, Assad told the speaker of Beirut's parliament on on Sunday, the official SANA news agency reported. Photo:Bertrand Guay/AFP

A man stands on a snowy Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights near ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man stands on a snowy Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights near the Israel-Syria border February 7, 2010.The Golan Heights form a strategic plateau between Israel and Syria of about 1,200 square kilometres (460 square miles). Israel captured it in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (ISRAEL)

Skiers ride a ski lift on Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Skiers ride a ski lift on Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights near the Israel-Syria border February 7, 2010.The Golan Heights form a strategic plateau between Israel and Syria of about 1,200 square kilometers (460 square miles). Israel captured it in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (ISRAEL - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SPORT POLITICS)