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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas could pay a heavy price among Palestinians if he returns to formal peace negotiations without an Israeli settlement freeze. (Associated Press)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks Jan. 1, 2012, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. (Associated Press)
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The minaret of a vandalized mosque in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood is seen Dec. 14, 2011, after unknown arsonists torched the inactive mosque, provoking calls in Israel for a more effective crackdown on Jewish extremists suspected in a string of increasingly brazen acts of violence. (Associated Press)
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Illustration: Israel by John Camejo for The Washington Times
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Zalman Shoval, a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a former ambassador to the U.S., says Middle Eastern nations, with the exception of Israel, will lose confidence in the U.S. if Iran develops nuclear weapons. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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Illustration: Israel by John Camejo for The Washington Times
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Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan (right) comforts the family of slain military attache Joseph Alon on July 2, 1973. (Associated Press)
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Col. Joseph Alon (left) was an ace fighter pilot in Israel. He is shown here in 1969 with Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan (center) and Mordechai Hod, commander of the Israeli air force. (Alon family via Associated Press)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)
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A Palestinian customs worker checks a truck loaded with boxes of strawberries at the Kerem Shalom crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Farmers in Gaza began exporting tons of produce to Europe on Sunday after Israel cracked open the volatile border. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)
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Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has ordered his ministry to end its dealings with the Mossad spy service, which he says refuses to share any intelligence material. (Associated Press)
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, warned Israel and the United States on Thursday to expect military response if Iran's nuclear facilities are attacked. (Associated Press)
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In this video image released by the Israeli Defense Ministry on Nov. 4, 2011, Israeli soldiers on several small military boats appear to board a civilian boat believed to be one of two protest boats trying to violate Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. (Associated Press/Israeli Army)
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WARNING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a nuclear Iran would be a "grave threat" and is trying to persuade his Cabinet to support a pre-emptive attack. (Associated Press)
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A smoke trail from a missile Israel test-fired Wednesday is seen from Yavne, Israel. The missile reportedly can carry an atomic warhead and hit Iran, and the launch has increased speculation that Israel is planning a pre-emptive strike. (Associated Press)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's agreement on the prisoner swap shifted Israel's focus "on much more troubling fronts - in distant Iran and in the Arab revolutions around us," a journalist wrote. (Associated Press)
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An Israeli woman is evacuated after being injured in a Palestinian rocket attack in Ashdod, Israel, on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) greets freed American-Israeli citizen Ilan Grapel in Jerusalem on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Israeli Government Press Office, Amos Ben Gershom, HO)
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Flag-waving Israelis greet the convoy carrying freed Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit making its way to his home in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Moran Maayan)
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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit (second from right) walks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from left), Defense Minister Ehud Barak (left) and Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz at the Tel Nof Air Base in southern Israel on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Ministry)
