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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, 76, hasn't openly designated a favorite to succeed him, but insists it doesn't matter because he's not planning to step down anytime soon. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, 76, hasn't openly designated a favorite to succeed him, but insists it doesn't matter because he's not planning to step down anytime soon. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announces the transfer of budget assistance funds to the Palestinian Authority during a video conference Wednesday with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (background) in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he won't have any "quick reactions" to Israel's resumption of settlement construction in the West Bank. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, unseen, delivers a speech during a meeting at the Elysee Palace Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 in Paris. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Israel must choose between peace or settlements as Israel's 10-month settlement construction slowdown expired. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , right, listens to President Barack Obama address to the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , right, listens to President Barack Obama address to the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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** FILE ** Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) greets Jean Asselborn (right), Luxembourg's foreign minister, as Riyad Mansour, Palestinian observer to the United Nations, looks on during a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/David Karp)
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** FILE ** Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad speaks to the media in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. After two days of inconclusive Mideast peace negotiations, Mrs. Clinton traveled Thursday to the Palestinian Authority's headquarters in the West Bank to confer with Mr. Abbas. On the wall are portraits of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (left) and Mr. Abbas. (AP Photo/Fadi Arouri, Pool)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles during a meeting at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Lior Mizrahi, Pool)
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In this photo released by the Palestinian President Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (second right), joined by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during bilateral talks Tuesday at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Convening a new round of negotiations Tuesday between Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the "time is ripe" for a Mideast peace. (Associated Press)
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Cameramen film Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, as Egypt hosts the second round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, second right, joined by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center during bilateral talks at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, Egypt Tuesday Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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** FILE ** Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts the relaunch of peace talks at the State Department in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sits with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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In this image released by the White House, President Obama, second left, holds a working dinner with, clockwise from left, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Quartet Representative Tony Blair, Special Envoy for Mideast peace George Mitchell, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) engages Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after his remarks on the Middle East peace negotiations Wednesday in the East Room of the White House. (Associated Press)
