Israel

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**FILE** Gen. Chen Bingde (left), chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Israeli President Shimon Peres (center) and Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, Israel military chief, pose for the media during a meeting at Peres' residence in Jerusalem. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's economic adviser Mohammed Rashid (right) and then-Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres (left) shake hands May 11, 2002, as Rome's mayor Walter Veltroni looks on at a ceremony before the start of a concert in Rome's Colosseum. (Associated Press)

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Palestinian Akram Bader, council chief of the West Bank village of Battir, estimates at least 320 acres of village land will end up on the Israeli side if Israel completes its separation barrier, which will stretch an estimated 500 miles. (Associated Press)

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Palestinians mark the 64th anniversary of "Nakba," Arabic for "catastrophe" — the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948 — in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Kadima party leader Shaul Mofaz shake hands before holding a joint press conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, to announce Israel's new coalition government. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)