Saturday, December 5, 2009

A Palestinian couple stands on the beach at sunset on the last day of the Muslim Eid Al-Adha festival in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is celebrated to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son.(AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Palestinian fishermen paddle out to sea as sun sets on the last day of the muslim Eid Al-Adha festival in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is celebrated to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son.(AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin December 4, 2009. Israeli soldiers used tear gas canisters, stun grenades and small-bore calibre live rounds to disperse some 150 Palestinian protesters. A Palestinian demonstrator was moderately wounded after being shot by Israeli soldiers. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (WEST BANK POLITICS CONFLICT)

A Palestinian woman watches a Jewish settler carry out the belongings of a Palestinian family from a house in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. In an unrest Tuesday, a Jewish family took over a house in an Arab neighborhood of east Jerusalem, sparking a protest by rock-throwing Palestinians and a few Israeli and foreign activists who joined them, police said. One of the family members was lightly injured in the head when a protester hit him with a metal bar, and police arrested five people. Both sides claim ownership of the building. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Israeli left wing activists walk with a banner during a protest in Jerusalem, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The protest was organized by groups supporting Palestinians evicted from their homes in east Jerusalem by Israeli authorities. Hebrew sign reads 'enough with the east Jerusalem settlements' (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)


An Israeli left wing activist holds a sign during a protest in Jerusalem, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The protest was organized by groups supporting Palestinians evicted from their homes in east Jerusalem by Israeli authorities.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat. Iranians chanted death to America and Israel on Thursday as some 2.5 million Muslims, drying out after a day of torrential rains, continue their hajj pilgrimage and mass at the site of the prophet Mohammed's last sermon.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Palestinian construction workers build are seen at a building site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Arieh, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Israeli police arrested the mayor of a West Bank Jewish settlement on Wednesday after protesters blocked security forces from entering the community to enforce a construction freeze. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)


A Palestinian worker operates a construction vehicle in a construction site at the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim, near Jerusalem, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Jewish settlers pressed ahead Thursday with their refusal to abide by a government-ordered freeze of new building in West Bank settlements, blocking inspectors from entering one such community to enforce the edict. (AP Photo/ Tara Todras-Whitehill)

A Jewish settler, foreground left, looks on as Palestinian construction workers build a synagogue at the Jewish settlement of Kedumim, in the northern West Bank, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Jewish settlers pressed ahead Thursday with their refusal to abide by a government-ordered freeze of new building in West Bank settlements, blocking inspectors from entering one such community to enforce the edict.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Palestinians returning from the Hajj pilgrimage hold hands with relatives on the other side of the fence as they cross back from Egypt into Gaza through the Rafah crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. A total of 2.5 million pilgrims attended the hajj this year. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

Palestinians walk through a newly built 500 meter-long passage way on their way back to the Gaza Strip through Israel's Erez Crossing December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GAZA POLITICS)

A Palestinian protester jumps with a Palestinians flag during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin near Ramallah, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 MEA - Members of the Palestinian Nabhan family live in the remains of their house in eastern Jabalya refugee camp March 14, 2009. Their house was destroyed during Israel's three-week long offensive in Gaza Strip last January. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GAZA CONFLICT DISASTER SOCIETY IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 MEA - Smoke rises during Israeli's offensive in Gaza January 8, 2009. Palestinians faced even grimmer conditions in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after a U.N. aid agency halted work, saying its staff were at risk from Israeli forces fighting Hamas militants, after two drivers were killed. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - A Palestinian man tries to extinguish a fire that started after youths threw a petrol bomb during clashes with Israeli police in Jerusalem's Old City October 25, 2009. Israeli police fired stun grenades at Arab youths who threw rocks at them in the compound of Jerusalem's flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque in the Old City on Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian officials and witnesses said.REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (JERUSALEM POLITICS CONFLICT)

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 MEA - A Palestinian demonstrator places a Palestinian flag atop the controversial Israeli barrier during a protest marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in the West Bank village of Nilin November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (WEST BANK POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Palestinians wait to receive food aid at the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA), warehouse in Gaza City, Tursday, Dec. 3, 2009. UNRWA has provided food, housing, education and health care for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank and neighboring countries since its inception in 1950.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

A Palestinian vendor (not pictured) sprays bubbles towards passing children at a market in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 26, 2009. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK SOCIETY)

Palestinian girls have their picture taken with a snake at a park in the West Bank city of Ramallah, November 30, 2009, during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK RELIGION ANIMALS SOCIETY)

A Palestinian child plays near a banner with portraits of prisoners during a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli Jails, in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. The Arabic on the banner reads 'charity'. (AP Photo/ Tara Todras-Whitehill)

The West Bank town of Bethlehem is seen in the background as labourers work on a construction site in Gilo, a Jewish settlement on land Israel captured in 1967 and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality, November 26, 2009. Israel's foreign minister shrugged off on Thursday the Palestinian dismissal of a 10-month moratorium on some building in West Bank settlements, saying winning international support was more important. Palestinians wanted Jerusalem and its surrounding areas included in a freeze.REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (POLITICS BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION)


RNPS YEAR 2009 - A Palestinian boy climbs through an opening in Israel's controversial barrier in Shuafat in the West Bank near Jerusalem February 17, 2009. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (WEST BANK POLITICS CONFLICT)

Palestinians walk outside the Dome of the Rock Mosque on the first day of Eid al-Adha in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Eid-al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is celebrated to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son.(AP Photo/Mahfouz Abu Turk)

A Palestinian girl dressed in costume stands on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and to Jews as Temple Mount after prayers on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Jerusalem's Old City November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM POLITICS RELIGION)

Palestinian children play in front of houses, destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in the northern Gaza Strip November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA POLITICS RELIGION)

A Palestinian labourer is seen at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim near Jerusalem, November 25, 2009. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Palestinian labourers break concrete from the rubble of a house in al-Salam neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip November 25, 2009, destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December. Hundreds of Gaza families made homeless during the war still live in tents, the United Nations says. Many more than that are living in the ruins of their houses or with relatives. Picture taken November 25, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY)

Jenin shepherd : A Palestinian shepherd stands with his camels on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Jenin ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice (AFP/Saif Dahlah)

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