Israel

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Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman gestures as he embraces the United States Ambassador Susan Rice after speaking during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly prior to a vote on a resolution on the issue of upgrading the Palestinian Authority's status to non-member observer state in the United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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** FILE ** Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press about the Palestinian bid to the U.N. during a visit to an exhibition marking 35 years since Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press about the Palestinian bid before the United Nations during a visit to an exhibition marking 35 years since Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel, at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

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An Israeli soldier (left) hugs a comrade (center) to congratulate him for his birthday at a staging area near the Israel-Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers took effect Wednesday night, bringing an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in years. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Bratslav Hasidic sect who gathered to show support for Israeli forces, dance atop a tank in southern Israel, close to the Israel-Gaza Strip border, on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers took effect Wednesday night, bringing an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in years and possibly signaling a new era of relations between the bitter enemies. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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** FILE ** In this 2012 file photo, an Israeli soldier reacts as an intercepting missile is launched near the city of Ashdod, Israel. (Associated Press)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, confers with Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, as they wait with other senators for the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks to the media in Tel Aviv on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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**FILE** An Israeli soldier guides a tank to a new position at a staging area near the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Nov. 22, 2012. A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers took effect the previous night, bringing an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in years and possibly signaling a new era of relations between the bitter enemies. (Associated Press)

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Israeli army vehicles form a convoy as soldiers prepare to drive out of southern Israel, near the Israel Gaza Strip Border, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers took effect Wednesday night, bringing an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in years and possibly signaling a new era of relations between the bitter enemies. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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An Israeli soldier sleeps atop an armored medical vehicle as they form a convoy to be driven out of southern Israel, near the Israel Gaza Strip Border, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers took effect Wednesday night, bringing an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in years and possibly signaling a new era of relations between the bitter enemies. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Israeli reserve soldiers remove detonators from shells in a 155 mm artillery position near Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers took effect Wednesday night, bringing an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in years and possibly signaling a new era of relations between the bitter enemies. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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In this image made from Egyptian State Television, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, right, give a joint news conference announcing a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Egypt has announced a cease-fire agreement to end a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr said the truce would take effect at 9 p.m. local time (2 p.m. EDT.) He made the announcement alongside visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)