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Iraqi singer Elham Madfai gestures as he speaks during an interview ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iraqi singer Elham Madfai gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 4, 2009. Madfai, who performed for the first time in Ramallah on Friday, urged Arab singers to perform in the Palestinian Territories. REUTERS/Fadi Arouri (WEST BANK ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY POLITICS)

A boat (L) carrying pro-Palestinian activists enters the port ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - A boat (L) carrying pro-Palestinian activists enters the port of Ashdod late on June 30, 2009. An official Bahrain delegation travelled to Israel on an unprecedented trip to recover a group of nationals held by the Jewish state, the state news agency reported on Friday. Photo:David Buimovitch/AFP

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

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - 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. Photo:Spencer Platt/AFP

Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak talks during a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak talks during a news conference following his meeting with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak at the presidential palace in Cairo June 21, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:09:00 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 14:08:00 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 14:07:00 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)

Palestinian schoolboys inspect a burnt classroom at a school ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian schoolboys inspect a burnt classroom at a school run by UNRWA in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, January 2009. Israel has offered compensation for damage to United Nations facilities hit by its offensive in the Gaza Strip, the head of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency said. Photo:Mohammed Abed/AFP

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

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:33:00 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 12:30:00 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)

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

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:58:00 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)

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

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:45:00 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)

File photo shows a Jewish Hanukya as Palestinian workers build ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a Jewish Hanukya as Palestinian workers build houses in the West Bank settlement of Adam. Jews and Arabs should not live next to one another, the Jerusalem Post quoted Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Attias as saying. Photo:Gali Tibbon/AFP

Israeli soldiers take position near a West Bank checkpoint, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli soldiers take position near a West Bank checkpoint, 2008. A Palestinian woman was shot and wounded at a West Bank checkpoint by Israeli soldiers who mistook her plastic gun for a real weapon, a military spokeswoman said. Photo:Hazem Bader/AFP

Palestinian children spend the day on the beach in Gaza City ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian children spend the day on the beach in Gaza City on June 19. The raw sewage dumped straight into the Mediterranean has failed to cure Gazans' itch for the beach and many in the Palestinian enclave brave nasty rashes for a dip in the polluted sea. Photo:Mohammed Abed/AFP

A Palestinian rides a motorcycle past sewage canals flowing ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Palestinian rides a motorcycle past sewage canals flowing into the Mediterranean Sea from Gaza City on June 17. The raw sewage dumped straight into the Mediterranean has failed to cure Gazans' itch for the beach and many in the Palestinian enclave brave nasty rashes for a dip in the polluted sea. Photo:Mahmud Hams/AFP

A Palestinian boy is reflected in a water canal polluted with ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Palestinian boy is reflected in a water canal polluted with sewage that flows into the Mediterranean Sea from Gaza City on June 17. Every day some 20,000 cubic meters (706,000 cubic feet) of untreated wastewater is dumped into the sea Photo:Mahmud Hams/AFP

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

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:22:00 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 20:14:00 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 passes houses destroyed during the three-week ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:49:00 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 northern ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:45:00 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 19:44:00 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 19:43:00 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 speaks during his ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:00 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)

Lenny Martinez of the Danish hip hop group 'Outlandish' performs ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Lenny Martinez of the Danish hip hop group 'Outlandish' performs during a concert in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Arouri (WEST BANK ENTERTAINMENT)

Members of the Danish hip hop group 'Outlandish' (R-L) Lenny ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of the Danish hip hop group 'Outlandish' (R-L) Lenny Martinez, Sam Bachiri and Waqas Qadri perform during a concert in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Arouri (WEST BANK ENTERTAINMENT)

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

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:21:00 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 19:09:00 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)

An Israeli soldier leaves an observation tower near Kibbutz ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Israeli soldier leaves an observation tower near Kibbutz Beeri, just outside the central Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. An Israeli 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/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)

Israeli soldiers leave an observation tower near Kibbutz Beeri, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israeli soldiers leave an observation tower near Kibbutz Beeri, just outside the central Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. An Israeli 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/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)

An Israeli tank is seen near the border outside the central ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Israeli tank is seen near the border outside the central Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. An Israeli 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/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)

A Palestinian man sits in front of a house destroyed during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:00 GMT

A Palestinian woman cooks near her house, which was destroyed ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian woman cooks near her house, which was destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched in Gaza last December, in Rafah in the southern 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/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT)

A Palestinian man sits in front of a house destroyed during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian man sits in front of a house destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched in Gaza last December, in Rafah in the southern 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. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT)

Israeli soldiers stand on a tank along the border with the Gaza ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli soldiers stand on a tank along the border with the Gaza Strip in February 2009. Amnesty International has accused Israeli forces of war crimes in Gaza, saying they used children as human shields and conducted wanton attacks on civilians, in a report rejected as 'unbalanced' by Israel. Photo:Menahem Kahana/AFP

Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli missile ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli missile strike on the Gaza Strip town of Jabalia in January 2009. Amnesty International has accused Israeli forces of war crimes in Gaza, saying they used children as human shields and conducted wanton attacks on civilians, in a report rejected as 'unbalanced' by Israel. Photo:Mahmud Hams/AFP

A Palestinian talks to Amnesty researcher Donatella Rovera during ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Palestinian talks to Amnesty researcher Donatella Rovera during a visit to Jabalia in January 2009. Amnesty International has accused Israeli forces of war crimes in Gaza, saying they used children as human shields and conducted wanton attacks on civilians, in a report rejected as 'unbalanced' by Israel. Photo:Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen behind a glass pane ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:36:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen behind a glass pane during her speech at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, July 2, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Maya Hitij)

Palestinian student Mousa Hasan speaks during an interview at ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian student Mousa Hasan speaks during an interview at his house in Gaza City June 29, 2009.Palestinian students about to graduate from high school in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as in Israel where they are called Arab Israelis, paused during final exams this week to give snapshots of their views on the future. Hasan said 'Yes there will be peace with Israel. Every day there is bloodshed and the killing of innocent people and at the end both sides, we the Palestinians and the Israelis, will believe in peace as the best solution,' he said. Picture taken June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA POLITICS EDUCATION)

Palestinian students Majdi Abdeh (R) and Margaret Za'ror pose ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian students Majdi Abdeh (R) and Margaret Za'ror pose at their school in the West Bank city of Bethlehem July 1, 2009. Palestinian students about to graduate from high school in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as in Israel where they are called Arab Israelis, paused during final exams this week to give snapshots of their views on the future. Za'ror said: 'It's possible to have peace if both sides make concessions and forgive each other and forget their losses.' Picture taken July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK POLITICS EDUCATION)

Arab Israeli student Neama Ibrahim, 18, poses in a classroom ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Arab Israeli student Neama Ibrahim, 18, poses in a classroom at the Abu Ghosh High School near Jerusalem June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Arab Israeli student Hadil Hussein Ibrahim, 18, poses outside ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Arab Israeli student Hadil Hussein Ibrahim, 18, poses outside the Abu Ghosh High School near Jerusalem June 30, 2009. Palestinian students about to graduate from high school in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as in Israel where they are called Arab Israelis, paused during final exams this week to give snapshots of their views on the future. Picture taken June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (ISRAEL POLITICS EDUCATION)

Palestinian student Imama Hithnawi,18, poses during a visit ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian student Imama Hithnawi,18, poses during a visit to Birzeit University in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 1, 2009. Palestinian students about to graduate from high school in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as in Israel where they are called Arab Israelis, paused during final exams this week to give snapshots of their views on the future. Hithnawi said: 'I doubt there will be peace because no one can give up his land. Israel wants the land and we want it too. The other thing is that the Palestinians themselves are divided, between Fatah and Hamas.' Picture taken July 1, 2009. REUTERS/ Fadi Arouri (WEST BANK POLITICS EDUCATION)

Arab Israeli student Neama Ibrahim, 18, poses in a classroom ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Arab Israeli student Neama Ibrahim, 18, poses in a classroom at the Abu Ghosh High School near Jerusalem June 30, 2009. Palestinian students about to graduate from high school in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as in Israel where they are called Arab Israelis, paused during final exams this week to give snapshots of their views on the future. Ibrahim said: 'I am hopeful there will be peace because people have a basic right to live in peace. Inshallah (God willing). I am optimistic for a Palestinian state. Picture taken June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (ISRAEL POLITICS EDUCATION)

Amnesty International researcher Donatella Rovera poses with ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Amnesty International researcher Donatella Rovera poses with a copy of a report after an interview with Reuters at a television studio in Jerusalem July 1, 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 the 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'. Picture taken July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Amnesty International Researcher Donatella Rovera looks through ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Amnesty International Researcher Donatella Rovera looks through a copy of a report during an interview with Reuters at a television studio in Jerusalem July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Smoke billows from the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah after ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - Smoke billows from the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah after an Israel air strike in February. Israel rejected an Amnesty International report that accused it of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip, and said the human rights group was manipulated by Hamas. Photo:Said Khatib/AFP

A Palestinian girl stands in front of a destroyed house in Khan ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Palestinian girl stands in front of a destroyed house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

A member of the Palestinian security forces walks past a mural ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A member of the Palestinian security forces walks past a mural depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) and the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the West Bank city of Jenin January 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Palestinian Bedouins' houses (foreground) are seen near the ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinian Bedouins' houses (foreground) are seen near the West Bank settlement of Adam, north of Jerusalem. Israel will not impose a complete halt on settlement construction on occupied Palestinian land as demanded by the United States, a senior official said. Photo:Ahmad Gharabli/AFP