1 Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas speaks to reporters in Ramallah. Newly-appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni launched her tenure at the foreign ministry with a withering attack on Abbas's Palestinian Authority for allowing the radical Islamist movement Hamas to run in next week's parliamentary elections.(AFP/Omar al-Rashidi) 2 Masked Palestinian security forces stand guard during a protest of unemployed Palestinians, background, at the entrance to the office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza City, Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 3 Israeli border policemen patrol next to the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the background, in the West Bank city of Hebron Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. The Israeli military declared the Jewish section of the West Bank city of Hebron a closed zone, banning nonresidents, after riots by Israeli settlers and extremist backers against an order to evict Jewish squatters from the Arab market. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner) 4 Israeli police officers detain a Jewish settler at the Avraham Avinu settler enclave in the West Bank town of Hebron Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. The Israeli military declared the Jewish section of the West Bank city of Hebron a closed zone, banning nonresidents, after riots by Israeli settlers and extremist backers against an order to evict Jewish squatters from the Arab market. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner) 5 A Jewish settler boy sits on a bench as Israeli police officers patrol at the Avraham Avinu settler enclave in the West Bank town of Hebron Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. The Israeli military declared the Jewish section of the West Bank city of Hebron a closed zone, banning nonresidents, after riots by Israeli settlers and extremist backers against an order to evict Jewish squatters from the Arab market. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner) 6 A Palestinian boy pushes a man in a wheelchair as Israeli border police patrol at the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. The Israeli military declared the Jewish section of the West Bank city of Hebron a closed zone, banning nonresidents, after riots by Israeli settlers and extremist backers against an order to evict Jewish squatters from the Arab market. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner) 7 Young Palestinian supporters of Islamic Hamas hold a green Islamic flag during an election rally in the village of Assira near the West Bank town of Nablus, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. According to recent polls the Islamic Hamas is in a close race with the ruling Fatah party in upcoming parliamentary elections January 25th. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) 8 Palestinian militants from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades hold up their weapons as they stand in front of a campaign poster depicting the jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi during a rally in support of Fatah parliamentary candidates in the West Bank city of Nablus January 18, 2006. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement and the rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to avoid violence when Palestinians vote next week. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 9 A young Palestinian supporter of Islamic Hamas looks at a portrait of the late leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin at an election rally in the village of Assira near the West Bank town of Nablus, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. According to recent polls the Islamic Hamas is in a close race with the ruling Fatah party in upcoming parliamentary elections January 25th. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) 10 Palestinian militants from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades hold up their weapons as they stand in front of a campaign poster depicting the jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi during a rally in support of Fatah parliamentary candidates in the West Bank city of Nablus January 18, 2006. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement and the rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to avoid violence when Palestinians vote next week. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 11 A masked Palestinian militant from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades holds up his weapon during a rally in support of Fatah parliamentary candidates in the West Bank city of Nablus January 18, 2006. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement and the rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to avoid violence when Palestinians vote next week. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 12 Palestinian militants from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades hold weapons as they stand in front of a campaign poster depicting the jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi during a rally in support of Fatah parliamentary candidates in the West Bank city of Nablus January 18, 2006. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement and the rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to avoid violence when Palestinians vote next week. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 13 Palestinian security forces stand guard during a protest of unemployed Palestinians at the entrance to the office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza City, Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. The Arabic wording on the sign reads 'Presidential Security Force 17.' (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 14 A Palestinian woman stands in front of campaign posters in support of one of the parliamentary candidates from the Islamic militant group Hamas during a rally in Abu Dis, on the edge of Jerusalem Janaury 18,2006. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement and the rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to avoid violence when Palestinians vote next week. REUTERS/Mahfouz Abu Turk 15 A Palestinian boy holds a campaign poster in support of one of the parliamentary candidates from the Islamic militant group Hamas during a rally in Abu Dis, on the edge of Jerusalem Janaury 18, 2006. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement and the rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to avoid violence when Palestinians vote next week. REUTERS/Mahfouz Abu Turk 16 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, walks next to a picture of the Dome of the Rock, one of Islam's shrines built on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, after an interview at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday he might resign if the government formed after a Jan. 25 parliament elections opposes his policies, including peace talks with Israel. Person at center is unidentified. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 17 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, is seen between journalists prior an interview he held at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. Abbas said Wednesday he might resign if the government formed after a Jan. 25 parliament elections opposes his policies, including peace talks with Israel. In the background is a picture of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 18 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, is seen between journalists prior an interview he held at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. Abbas said Wednesday he might resign if the government formed after a Jan. 25 parliament elections opposes his policies, including peace talks with Israel. In the background are the pictures of Abbas, left, and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 19 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, background, and Israeli National Security Chief Giora Eiland seen during their meeting in Moscow, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. A delegation of Israeli security experts was in Moscow on Wednesday for talks on Iran's nuclear program, and the issue topped the agenda for a visit by France's foreign minister amid a mounting standoff between Tehran and the West. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) 20 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, greets Israeli National Security Chief Giora Eiland at their meeting in Moscow, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. A delegation of Israeli security experts was in Moscow on Wednesday for talks on Iran's nuclear program, and the issue topped the agenda for a visit by France's foreign minister amid a mounting standoff between Tehran and the West. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev) 21 In this picture released by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos talk to reporters after their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/ Omar Rashidi, Palestinian Authority ) 22 Samir Mashharawi, a Fatah candidate for the upcoming Palestinian elections, right, talks as Hamas candidate Said Siam, left, listens during a news conference in Gaza City, Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. Local leaders of Hamas and Fatah in Gaza said Wednesday they would cooperate to prevent violence on election day. They also said they would work together after the election. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) 23 An Palestinian man gestures as he is backdropped by election posters with the picture of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, during a protest of unemployed Palestinians outside the office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 24 Saeed Seyam (L), Hamas leader and candidate, and Samir al-Mashharawi, senior Fatah leader and candidate, attend a press conference in Gaza January 18, 2006. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement and rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to assure a smooth parliamentary vote on January 25, leaders said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 25 In this picture released by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos speaks during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday Jan. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/ Omar Rashidi, Palestinian Authority ) 26 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 18, 2006. Abbas' Fatah movement and rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to assure a smooth parliamentary vote on January 25, leaders said. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 27 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a tree-planting ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 18, 2006. Abbas' Fatah movement and rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to assure a smooth parliamentary vote on January 25, leaders said. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 28 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a tree-planting ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 18, 2006. Abbas' Fatah movement and rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to assure a smooth parliamentary vote on January 25, leaders said. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 29 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas applauds during a tree planting ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 18, 2006. Abbas' Fatah movement and rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to assure a smooth parliamentary vote on January 25, leaders said. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 30 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) plants an olive tree in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 18, 2006. Abbas' Fatah movement and rival militant group Hamas agreed on Wednesday not to bring weapons to polling stations in a bid to assure a smooth parliamentary vote on January 25, leaders said. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 31 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sits next to the empty chair of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon opens a special cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had surgery overnight to replace his breathing tube, the hospital where he is being treated said in a statement Wednesday morning. Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke Jan. 4, remains in critical but stable condition, the statement from Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital said. (AP Photo/David Silverman, Pool) 32 Outgoing Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom (L) looks at newly appointed foreign minister Tzipi Livni during a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert filled out his cabinet, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 33 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, is escorted by a bodyguard as he arrives to a special cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had surgery overnight to replace his breathing tube, the hospital where he is being treated said in a statement Wednesday morning. Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke Jan. 4, remains in critical but stable condition, the statement from Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital said. (AP Photo/David Silverman, Pool) 34 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sits next to the empty chair of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as he opens a special cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had surgery overnight to replace his breathing tube, the hospital where he is being treated said in a statement Wednesday morning. Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke Jan. 4, remains in critical but stable condition, the statement from Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital said. (AP Photo/David Silverman, Pool) 35 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pauses as he opens a special cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had surgery overnight to replace his breathing tube, the hospital where he is being treated said in a statement Wednesday morning. Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke Jan. 4, remains in critical but stable condition, the statement from Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital said. (AP Photo/David Silverman, Pool) 36 Outgoing Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom (L) greets newly appointed foreign minister Tzipi Livni during a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert filled out his cabinet, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 37 Newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni speaks a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert filled out his cabinet, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 38 Newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni smiles during a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert filled out his cabinet, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 39 Newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni attends a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert filled out his cabinet, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 40 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is seen in Jerusalem in this January 5, 2005 file photo. Sharon underwent a surgical procedure overnight to change a respiratory pipe after a technical problem was found, the hospital treating him said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Nir Elias/Files 41 Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sits between minister Tzachi Hanegbi (L) and ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's empty chair during a special cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Olmert filled out his cabinet on Wednesday, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool 42 Israeli police officers detain two Jewish settler girls in the Avraham Avinu Jewish settlement area in the West Bank town of Hebron , Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. The Israeli military declared the Jewish section of the West Bank city of Hebron a closed zone, banning nonresidents, after three days of riots by Israeli settlers and extremist backers against an order to evict Jewish squatters from the Arab market. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 43 A Jewish settler woman holds her child as an Israeli soldier passes by in the Avram Avinu Jewish settlement area in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. The Israeli military declared the Jewish section of the West Bank city of Hebron a closed zone, banning nonresidents, after three days of riots by Israeli settlers and extremist backers against an order to evict Jewish squatters from the Arab market. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 44 In this photo made available by the Israeli Government Press Office, acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, meets with U.S. Senator John Kerry, right, in Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Next week's election for a new Palestinian parliament could mark a turning point, visiting U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Tuesday, but he warned that participation by the militant Hamas could cause complications. (AP Photo/Amos Ben-Gershom, GPO) 45 U.S. Senator John Kerry gestures during a news conference in Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Next week's election for a new Palestinian parliament could mark a turning point, visiting U.S. Senator John Kerry said Tuesday, but he warned that participation by the militant Hamas could cause complications. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner) 46 U.S. Senator John Kerry speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Next week's election for a new Palestinian parliament could mark a turning point, visiting U.S. Senator John Kerry said Tuesday, but he warned that participation by the militant Hamas could cause complications. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner) 47 U.S. Senator John Kerry gestures during a news conference in Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Next week's election for a new Palestinian parliament could mark a turning point, visiting U.S. Senator John Kerry said Tuesday, but he warned that participation by the militant Hamas could cause complications. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner) 48 Candidates and supporters of the Palestinian Fatah Movement sit at a table during a rally in support of upcoming elections in Gaza City. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Palestinians will vote in parliamentary elections January 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 49 Young settlers attend a Bible class in an enclave slated for eviction in the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. Israeli police forcibly removed a handful of right-wing Jewish youths from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday to try to end days of unrest over plans to evict a settler enclave. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 50 Young settlers attend a Bible class in an enclave slated for eviction in the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. Israeli police forcibly removed a handful of right-wing Jewish youths from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday to try to end days of unrest over plans to evict a settler enclave. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 51 A settler reads a newspaper in front of a Bible school in an enclave slated for eviction in the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. Israeli police forcibly removed a handful of right-wing Jewish youths from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday to try to end days of unrest over plans to evict a settler enclave. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 52 Young settlers wait to leave an enclave slated for eviction in the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. Israeli police forcibly removed a handful of right-wing Jewish youths from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday to try to end days of unrest over plans to evict a settler enclave. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 53 Young settlers attend a Bible class in an enclave slated for eviction in the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. Israeli police forcibly removed a handful of right-wing Jewish youths from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday to try to end days of unrest over plans to evict a settler enclave. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 54 A young settler sits in the window in an enclave slated for eviction in the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. Israeli police forcibly removed a handful of right-wing Jewish youths from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday to try to end days of unrest over plans to evict a settler enclave. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 55 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert answers a question during a press conference at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Olmert said Tuesday that he hopes to resume talks for a final peace agreement with the Palestinians after Israel's March 28 election. Olmert took over from Ariel Sharon as Israel's leader following Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke. Olmert-watchers say he is more amenable to talks than was Sharon, who didn't consider the Palestinians to be trustworthy negotiating partners. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 56 Young settlers attend a Bible class in an enclave slated for eviction in the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. Israeli police forcibly removed a handful of right-wing Jewish youths from the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday to try to end days of unrest over plans to evict a settler enclave. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 57 Palestinians throw stones at Israeli cars during the funeral of Hamas militant leader Sabed Salah e-Din Iyada in the West Bank village of Hizme just outside Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Iyada, a wanted member of the militant Palestinian Hamas group in the West Bank town of Tulkarem overnight during an exchange of fire, the military and Hamas said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 58 A young settler stands in front of Israeli riot police in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. The Israeli army said on Monday it had designated a small enclave of Jewish settlements in Hebron a 'closed military zone' after days of unrest by settlers in the West Bank city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 59 In this photo made available by the Israeli Government Press Office, acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, greets the European Union's External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, right, during a meeting in Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. On the second day of her visit to the region Ferrero-Waldner met with Olmert to express the EU's concern over the health of Ariel Sharon.(AP Photo/Amos Ben-Gershom, GPO) 60 An Israeli riot policeman walks past a shop at the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. The Israeli army said on Monday it had designated a small enclave of Jewish settlements in Hebron a 'closed military zone' after days of unrest by settlers in the West Bank city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 61 Israeli riot police arrest a right-wing Jewish youth in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. The Israeli army said on Monday it had designated a small enclave of Jewish settlements in Hebron a 'closed military zone' after days of unrest by settlers in the West Bank city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 62 Palestinian men wait next to election posters in the West Bank village of Hizme just outside Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Palestinians will vote in parliamentary elections on January 25, with recent polls showing Hamas running a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 63 A poster of Mohammed Abu Teir, No. 2 on the national Hamas slate is seen surrounded by Hamas flags during the funeral of Hamas militant leader Sabed Salah e-Din Iyada in the West Bank village of Hizme, with the Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev seen in the background, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Israel and Hamas, sworn enemies with a bloody history, have rewritten their rules of engagement for the Palestinian election campaign in Jerusalem, epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli police briefly detained three Hamas candidates and the militants spouted a little anti-Israeli rhetoric, an expression of the conflicting claims to Jerusalem. Yet both sides have avoided a head-on clash to ensure the Palestinian parliament election takes place Jan. 25 as planned - Hamas because it expects to make a strong showing, and Israel because it doesn't want to upset the Bush administration. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 64 An Israeli settler holds his hands up as riot police arrest right-wing Jewish youths in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. The Israeli army said on Monday it had designated a small enclave of Jewish settlements in Hebron a 'closed military zone' after days of unrest by settlers in the West Bank city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 65 Two blindfolded Palestinians are guarded by an Israeli soldier after being detained in the refugee camp of El Fawwar near the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 66 A Palestinian woman stands next to a broken window during the funeral of Hamas militant leader Sabed Salah e-Din Iyada, 24, in the West Bank village of Hizme just outside Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Iyada, a wanted member of the militant Palestinian Hamas group in the West Bank town of Tulkarem overnight during an exchange of fire, the military and Hamas said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 67 Pro-Syrian Lebanese demonstrators hold a poster showing Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, top, represented as a big ape, holding U.S. President George W. Bush, bottom, represented as a small ape, during a protest against alleged American meddling in Lebanon's affairs, near the U.S Embassy, in Aukar, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Waving Lebanon's red, green and white flags, the students and political activists from 18 pro-Syrian organizations, including the militant Hezbollah guerrilla group, yelled support for Syria and Iran _ the United States' main opponents in the Middle East and chanted in unison, 'Beirut is free! Free! America get out!' (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) 68 Palestinian women attend a Fatah movement campaign rally for the Palestinian legislative elections in Gaza January 17, 2006. Fatah is widely expected to lose ground in the election to Islamic militant group Hamas, which is riding a wave of popularity among Palestinians because of its corruption-free reputation and extensive charity network. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 69 A Palestinian Hamas supporter chants slogans during the funeral of Hamas militant leader Sabed Salah e-Din Iyada, 24, in the West Bank village of Hizme just outside Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Iyada, a wanted member of the militant Palestinian Hamas group in the West Bank town of Tulkarem overnight during an exchange of fire, the military and Hamas said Tuesday. Flags carry islamic slogans. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 70 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,center, leaves a press conference at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that he hopes to resume talks for a final peace agreement with the Palestinians after Israel's March 28 election. Olmert took over from Ariel Sharon as Israel's leader following Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke. Olmert-watchers say he is more amenable to talks than was Sharon, who didn't consider the Palestinians to be trustworthy negotiating partners. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 71 Palestinian youths run away after throwing stones at Israeli cars next to a section of Israel's separation barrier during the funeral of Hamas militant leader Sabed Salah e-Din Iyada, 24, in the West Bank village of Hizme just outside Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Iyada, a wanted member of the militant Palestinian Hamas group in the West Bank town of Tulkarem overnight during an exchange of fire, the military and Hamas said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 72 Palestinian women attend a campaign rally organised by the Fatah movement for the upcoming Palestinian legislative elections in Gaza January 17, 2006. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 73 A Jewish settler boy walks past graffiti depicting military action in the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. The Israeli military declared the Jewish section of the West Bank city of Hebron a closed zone, banning nonresidents, after three days of riots by Israeli settlers and extremist backers against an order to evict Jewish squatters from the Arab market. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 74 Pro-Syrian Lebanese demonstrators stand on a poster showing Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a protest against what they called American meddling in Lebanon's affairs near the U.S Embassy, in Aukar, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Waving Lebanon's red, green and white flags, the students and political activists from 18 pro-Syrian organizations, including the militant Hezbollah guerrilla group, yelled support for Syria and Iran _ the United States' main opponents in the Middle East _ and chanted in unison, 'Beirut is free! Free! America get out!' (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) 75 Palestinians throw stones at an Israeli car next to a section of Israel's separation barrier during the funeral of Hamas militant leader Sabed Salah e-Din Iyada, 24, in the West Bank village of Hizme just outside Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Iyada, a wanted member of the militant Palestinian Hamas group in the West Bank town of Tulkarem overnight during an exchange of fire, the military and Hamas said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 76 Palestinians throw stones at Israeli cars next to election posters for the upcoming Palestinan elections during the funeral of Hamas militant leader Sabed Salah e-Din Iyada, 24, in the West Bank village of Hizme just outside Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Iyada, a wanted member of the militant Palestinian Hamas group in the West Bank town of Tulkarem overnight during an exchange of fire, the military and Hamas said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 77 Hamas candidates for upcoming elections hold wooden crescent moons as they gather during an election rally in the West Bank city of Nablus, Jan. 17, 2006. Palestinians will vote in parliamentary elections January 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) 78 A Palestinian female supporter of Hamas holds a wooden crescent moon during a rally supporting candidates in the upcoming elections, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Jan. 17, 2006. Palestinians will vote in parliamentary elections January 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) 79 A Palestinian man watches an Israeli border police officer reading a newspaper in the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. The Israeli military declared the Jewish section of the West Bank city of Hebron a closed zone, banning nonresidents, after three days of riots by Israeli settlers and extremist backers against an order to evict Jewish squatters from the Arab market.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 80 Jewish settler boys watch as Israeli riot police, not seen, arrive at the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. The Israeli military declared the Jewish section of the West Bank city of Hebron a closed zone, banning nonresidents, after three days of riots by Israeli settlers and extremist backers against an order to evict Jewish squatters from the Arab market.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 81 Israeli riot police march to the center of the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. The Israeli military declared the Jewish section of the West Bank city of Hebron a closed zone, banning nonresidents, after three days of riots by Israeli settlers and extremist backers against an order to evict Jewish squatters from the Arab market.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 82 A group of Israeli soldiers pose for a picture following a military operation to arrest wanted Palestinians in the Al Fawar refugee camp south of the West Bank town of Hebron Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. According to the army five Palestinians were arrested during the operation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 83 An Israeli soldier patrols during a military operation in the Al Fawar refugee camp south of the West Bank town of Hebron Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. According to the army five Palestinians were arrested during the operation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 84 Palestinian mourners surround the body of Hamas militant leader Sabed Salah e-Din Iyada, 24, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Hizme just outside Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Iyada, a wanted member of the militant Palestinian Hamas group in the West Bank town of Tulkarem overnight during an exchange of fire, the military and Hamas said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 85 A blindfolded Palestinian who was detained by Israeli troops is seen as he sits in the back of an army jeep during a military operation in the Al Fawar refugee camp south of the West Bank town of Hebron Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. According to the army five Palestinians were arrested during operation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 86 An Israeli soldier pulls a detained Palestinian by his jacket as others look on during a military operation in the Al Fawar refugee camp south of the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. According to the army five Palestinians were arrested during operation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 87 An Orthodox Jewish walks past Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 88 Palestinian mourners surround the body of Hamas militant leader Sabed Salah e-Din Iyada, 24, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Hizme just outside Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Iyada, a wanted member of the militant Palestinian Hamas group in the West Bank town of Tulkarem overnight during an exchange of fire, the military and Hamas said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 89 Palestinians carry the body of Hamas militant leader Sabed Salah e-Din Iyada, 24, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Hizme, with the Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev seen in the beackground Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Iyada, a wanted member of the militant Palestinian Hamas group in the West Bank town of Tulkarem overnight during an exchange of fire, the military and Hamas said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 90 Palesinians carry the body of Hamas militant leader Sabed Salah e-Din Iyada, 24, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Hizme just outside Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Iyada, a wanted member of the militant Palestinian Hamas group in the West Bank town of Tulkarem overnight during an exchange of fire, the military and Hamas said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 91 A blindfolded Palestinian kneels facing a wall with a Jewish Star of David spray painted on it after being detained by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Hebron is home to 500 Jewish militant settlers who live among 170,000 Palestinians in the only West Bank city divided into Palestinian and Israeli zones. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 92 An Israeli soldier hits a Palestinian on the head after he was detained during a military operation in the Al Fawar refugee camp south of the West Bank town of Hebron Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. According to the army five Palestinians were arrested during operation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 93 Supporters of the Islamic militant group Hamas attend a rally in support of the group's parliamentary candidates in the West Bank city of Nablus January 17, 2006. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 94 An Israeli soldier walks behind a blindfolded Palestinian detained during a military operation in the Al Fawar refugee camp south of the West Bank town of Hebron Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. According to the army five Palestinians were arrested during operation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 95 A blindfolded Palestinian man sits in an Israeli army vehicle after being detained in the refugee camp of El Fawwar near the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 96 Detained Palestinians stand with their hands against the wall as an Israeli soldier holds their identity cards during a security check in the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Hebron is home to 500 Jewish militant settlers who live among 170,000 Palestinians in the only West Bank city divided into Palestinian and Israeli zones.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 97 Palestinian parliamentary candidates from the Islamic militant group Hamas attend a rally in the West Bank city of Nablus January 17, 2006. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 98 Palestinian women attend the funeral of Hamas militant Thabet Ayyadeh in the West Bank village of Hizme near Jerusalem January 17, 2006. Israeli troops killed a senior Palestinian militant during an exchange of fire in the occupied West Bank, witnesses and the army said. Witnesses said soldiers surrounded a hideout used by Ayyadeh, 24, leader of the Hamas military wing in Tulkarm, and shot him dead in the ensuing clash. REUTERS/Mahfouz Abu Turk 99 An Israeli soldier walks past a Hamas campaign poster in the refugee camp of El Fawwar near the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. REUTERS/ Nayef Hashlamoun 100 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, meets with Israeli President Moshe Katsav at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Olmert said Tuesday that he hopes to resume talks for a final peace agreement with the Palestinians after Israel's March 28 election. Olmert took over from Ariel Sharon as Israel's leader following Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke. Olmert-watchers say he is more amenable to talks than was Sharon, who didn't consider the Palestinians to be trustworthy negotiating partners. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 101 An Israeli soldier detains a Palestinian youth in a refugee camp of El Fawwar near the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. REUTERS/ Nayef Hashlamoun 102 An Israeli soldier searches detained Palestinians during a security check in the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Hebron is home to 500 Jewish militant settlers who live among 170,000 Palestinians in the only West Bank city divided into Palestinian and Israeli zones.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 103 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, is greeted by Israeli President Moshe Katsav as he arrives for a press conference at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that he hopes to resume talks for a final peace agreement with the Palestinians after Israel's March 28 election. Olmert took over from Ariel Sharon as Israel's leader following Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke. Olmert-watchers say he is more amenable to talks than was Sharon. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 104 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert listens to a question during a meeting at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that he hopes to resume talks for a final peace agreement with the Palestinians after Israel's March 28 election. Olmert took over from Ariel Sharon as Israel's leader following Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke. Olmert-watchers say he is more amenable to talks than was Sharon, who didn't consider the Palestinians to be trustworthy negotiating partners. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 105 An Israeli soldier secures an area as an handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian is detained during a patrol in the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Hebron is home to 500 Jewish militant settlers who live among 170,000 Palestinians in the only West Bank city divided into Palestinian and Israeli zones. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 106 The sister of Hamas militant Thabet Ayyadeh mourns during his funeral procession in the West Bank town of Tulkarm January 17, 2006. Israeli troops killed a senior Palestinian militant during an exchange of fire in the occupied West Bank, witnesses and the army said. Witnesses said soldiers surrounded a hideout used by Ayyadeh, 24, leader of the Hamas military wing in Tulkarm, and shot him dead in the ensuing clash. REUTERS/Mustafa Abu Dayeh 107 Israeli soldiers secure an area as they stand under candidates posters for upcoming elections during a patrol in the West Bank town of Hebron,Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. Palestinians will vote in parliamentary elections on January 25th. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 108 Israeli soldiers inspect Palestinian men in the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. The Israeli army said on Monday it had designated a small enclave of Jewish settlements in Hebron a 'closed military zone' after days of unrest by settlers in the West Bank city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 109 A blindfolded Palestinian kneels beside a graffiti of the Star of David after being detained by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. The Israeli army said on Monday it had designated a small enclave of Jewish settlements in Hebron a 'closed military zone' after days of unrest by settlers in the West Bank city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 110 An Israeli soldier stands guard in front of a detained Palestinian man in the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. The Israeli army said on Monday it had designated a small enclave of Jewish settlements in Hebron a 'closed military zone' after days of unrest by settlers in the West Bank city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 111 An Israeli soldier stands guard near detained Palestinian men in the West Bank city of Hebron January 17, 2006. The Israeli army said on Monday it had designated a small enclave of Jewish settlements in Hebron a 'closed military zone' after days of unrest by settlers in the West Bank city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 112 Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (R) shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney at Cairo airport January 17, 2006. Cheney met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and discussed the latest development on the Middle East including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iraqi problem. REUTERS/Mona Sharaf 113 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) meets with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in Cairo January 17, 2006. Both men discussed the latest development on the Middle East including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iraqi problem. REUTERS/Mona Sharaf 114 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) meets with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in Cairo January 17, 2006. Both men discussed the latest development on the Middle East including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iraqi problem. REUTERS/Mona Sharaf 115 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, seen here in August 2005, blinked his eyes as a tape of his grandson was being played but medics treating Israel's coma-stricken premier said it was too early to assess the significance of the development.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt) 116 Doctor Felix Umansky (L), the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and Hadassah hospital director Shlomo Mor Yosef speak to the press at the hospital in Jerusalem. Sharon blinked his eyes as a tape of his grandson was being played but medics treating Israel's coma-stricken premier said it was too early to assess the significance of the development.(AFP/File/Menahem Kahana) 117 An ultra-Orthodox Jew is seen through the glass outside the entrance to the emergency ward of Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated. Sharon blinked his eyes as a tape of his grandson was being played but medics treating Israel's coma-stricken premier said it was too early to assess the significance of the development.(AFP/Pool/File/Jonathan Weizmann) 118 A settler family passes by Israeli policemen conducting a search for wanted settlers in the Avraham Avinu Jewish settlement in the center of the West Bank town of Hebron. Israel drafted hundreds of police reinforcements to Hebron in a bid to quell what the press on Monday dubbed the Jewish Intifada, sparked by plans to evacuate settlers.(AFP/Menahem Kahana) 119 An Israeli settler passes by burning garbage in the old Palestinian market as Israeli policemen conduct a search for wanted settlers in the Avraham Avinu Jewish settlement in the center of the West Bank town of Hebron. Israel drafted hundreds of police reinforcements to Hebron in a bid to quell what the press on Monday dubbed the Jewish Intifada, sparked by plans to evacuate settlers.(AFP/Menahem Kahana) 120 Young settlers place straws in their hair as they wait outside their settlement during a police search for wanted settlers in the Avraham Avinu Jewish settlement in the center of the West Bank town of Hebron. Israel drafted hundreds of police reinforcements to the West Bank town of Hebron in a bid to quell what the press today dubbed the Jewish Intifada, sparked by plans to evacuate settlers.(AFP/Menahem Kahana) 121 Israeli soldiers patrol a street in the West Bank town of Hebron as Israeli policemen conduct a search for wanted settlers in the Avraham Avinu Jewish settlement in the center of Hebron. Israel drafted hundreds of police reinforcements to Hebron in a bid to quell what the press on Monday dubbed the Jewish Intifada, sparked by plans to evacuate settlers.(AFP/Menahem Kahana) 122 Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, second left, accompanied by senior Palestinian official Mohammed Dahlan, second right, visits the Rafah border crossing between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Moratinos on Monday visited the campaign headquarters of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party, saying it was a pledge of support for Palestinian democracy rather than a political endorsement. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 123 Hamas supporters carry a poster of Khaled Tafesh, a candidate for next week's Palestinian parliamentary election, during an elections rally staged by the Islamist movement in the West Bank, 16 January 2006. The United States warned the Palestinians that inclusion of the militant group Hamas in any new government could affect US-backed efforts to establish an independent Palestinian state.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte) 124 A young masked Israeli settler walks near the market area in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 125 A young Israeli settler stands in front of garbage set ablaze in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 126 An Israeli police officer walks past garbage set ablaze in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 127 Jewish settlers pray at the Avraham Avinu settler enclave in the West Bank town of Hebron Monday Jan. 16, 2006. Israeli riot police in the West Bank city of Hebron clashed with Jewish settlers protesting plans to evict eight Israeli squatter families from an empty Palestinian market. Police began clearing out dozens of protesters from the settler enclave off rooftops. It was the fourth day of violence in Hebron, where about 500 Jewish settlers live among 170,000 Palestinians. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 128 Palestinian parliamentary candidates Hanan Ashrawi (C) and Khalid O'saili (L) walk through a market in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Militants in Gaza have rejected a Palestinian Authority plan to put their weapons in storage during next week's parliamentary election as a way to reduce the risk of violence, the Interior Minister Nasser Yousef said on Monday. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 129 Palestinians walk outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Sharon's family told doctors Monday he twitched his eyelids, but hospital officials said it's too early to say whether the movement is a sign of recovery from a devastating stroke.(AP Photo/Oded balilty) 130 A Palestinian boy wears a head band supporting the Islamic militant group Hamas during a rally in the West Bank village of Beit Furik, near Nablus, January 16, 2006. Militants in Gaza have rejected a Palestinian Authority plan to put their weapons in storage during next week's parliamentary election as a way to reduce the risk of violence, the Interior Minister said on Monday. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 131 An Israeli soldier peers through a net as he stands guard in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city.The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 132 Palestinian parliamentary candidate Hanan Ashrawi (R) waits to cross a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Militants in Gaza have rejected a Palestinian Authority plan to put their weapons in storage during next week's parliamentary election as a way to reduce the risk of violence, the Interior Minister said on Monday. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 133 Mohammed Abu Tir (R), one of the leaders from the Islamic militant group Hamas, stands in front of a poster depicting the late Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin during a rally in the West Bank city of Bethlehem January 16, 2006. Militants in Gaza have rejected a Palestinian Authority plan to put their weapons in storage during next week's parliamentary election as a way to reduce the risk of violence, the Interior Minister Nasser Yousef said on Monday. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 134 A Palestinian girl stands in front of a picture depicting the late Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi during a Hamas rally in the West Bank city of Bethlehem January 16, 2006. Militants in Gaza have rejected a Palestinian Authority plan to put their weapons in storage during next week's parliamentary election as a way to reduce the risk of violence, the Interior Minister said on Monday. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 135 Female supporters of Islamic militant group Hamas take part in a rally in the West Bank city of Bethlehem January 16, 2006. Militants in Gaza have rejected a Palestinian Authority plan to put their weapons in storage during next week's parliamentary election as a way to reduce the risk of violence, the Interior Minister said on Monday. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 136 Israelis who immigrated from France point upwards trying to guess in which room Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Sharon's family told doctors Monday he twitched his eyelids, but hospital officials said it's too early to say whether the movement is a sign of recovery from a devastating stroke.(AP Photo/Oded balilty) 137 A veiled female supporter of Islamic militant group Hamas takes part in a rally in the West Bank city of Bethlehem January 16, 2006. Militants in Gaza have rejected a Palestinian Authority plan to put their weapons in storage during next week's parliamentary election as a way to reduce the risk of violence, the Interior Minister said on Monday. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 138 Supporters of Islamic militant group Hamas hold flags, as Jerusalem is seen in the background, during a rally in the West Bank city of Bethlehem January 16, 2006. Militants in Gaza have rejected a Palestinian Authority plan to put their weapons in storage during next week's parliamentary election as a way to reduce the risk of violence, the Interior Minister said on Monday. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 139 Female supporters of the Islamic militant group Hamas hold flags during a rally in the West Bank city of Bethlehem January 16, 2006. Militants in Gaza have rejected a Palestinian Authority plan to put their weapons in storage during next week's parliamentary election as a way to reduce the risk of violence, the Interior Minister Nasser Yousef said on Monday. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 140 A Jewish settler woman looks from a window as Israeli police search the Avraham Avinu Jewish settlement area in the West Bank town of Hebron, Monday Jan. 16, 2006. Israeli riot police in the West Bank city of Hebron clashed with Jewish settlers protesting plans to evict eight Israeli squatter families from an empty Palestinian market. Police began clearing out dozens of protesters from the settler enclave off rooftops. It was the fourth day of violence in Hebron, where about 500 Jewish settlers live among 170,000 Palestinians. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 141 Israeli riot police officers detain a young Jewish protester from the settler enclave of Avraham Avinu in the West Bank town of Hebron Monday Jan. 16, 2006. Israeli riot police clashed with Jewish settlers protesting plans to evict eight Israeli squatter families from an empty Palestinian market in Hebron. It was the fourth day of violence in Hebron, where about 500 Jewish settlers live among 170,000 Palestinians. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 142 A Jewish settler holding her baby walks across the old market near the settler enclave of Avraham Avinu in the West Bank town of Hebron Monday Jan. 16, 2006. Israeli riot police clashed with Jewish settlers protesting plans to evict eight Israeli squatter families from an empty Palestinian market in Hebron. It was the fourth day of violence in Hebron, where about 500 Jewish settlers live among 170,000 Palestinians. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 143 A masked Jewish settler youth throws a tomato towards Israeli police as they search the Avraham Avinu Jewish settlement area in the West Bank town of Hebron, Monday Jan. 16, 2006. Israeli riot police in the West Bank city of Hebron clashed with Jewish settlers protesting plans to evict eight Israeli squatter families from an empty Palestinian market. Police began clearing out dozens of protesters from the settler enclave off rooftops. It was the fourth day of violence in Hebron, where about 500 Jewish settlers live among 170,000 Palestinians. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 144 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks during a question and answer session with Israeli news editors at the Journalist's Association in Tel Aviv, Israel, in this Dec. 1, 2005, file photo. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's family told doctors Monday he twitched his eyelids, but hospital officials said it's too early to say whether the movement is a sign of recovery from a devastating stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, file) 145 Jewish settler youths cover their faces as they watch Israeli police as they search the Avraham Avinu Jewish settlement area in the West Bank town of Hebron,Monday Jan. 16, 2006. Israeli riot police in the West Bank city of Hebron clashed with Jewish settlers protesting plans to evict eight Israeli squatter families from an empty Palestinian market. Police began clearing out dozens of protesters from the settler enclave off rooftops. It was the fourth day of violence in Hebron, where about 500 Jewish settlers live among 170,000 Palestinians. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 146 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks during a question and answer session with Israeli news editors at the Journalist's Association in Tel Aviv, Israel, in this Dec. 1, 2005, file photo. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's family told doctors Monday he twitched his eyelids, but hospital officials said it's too early to say whether the movement is a sign of recovery from a devastating stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, file) 147 Palestinian Hamas' candidates for the Legislative Council shout anti-Israel slogans during a campaign rally for the Palestinian legislative elections in Gaza, January 16, 2006. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 148 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives to a question and answer session with Israeli news editors at the Journalist's Association in Tel Aviv, Israel, in this Dec. 1, 2005, file photo. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's family told doctors Monday he twitched his eyelids, but hospital officials said it's too early to say whether the movement is a sign of recovery from a devastating stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, file) 149 A Palestinian money changer sits in front of election posters in the West Bank town of Jenin Monday Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) 150 Women supporters of the Islamic group Hamas take part in a rally supporting candidates from the group for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) 151 A man walks past Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem, January 16, 2006. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 152 A female supporter of the Islamic group Hamas chants slogans during a rally supporting candidates from the group for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) 153 Hamas top candidate Ismail Hanieh speaks during a rally supporting candidates from the group for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) 154 Young Palestinian supporters of the Islamic group Hamas stand in front of a banner showing a Palestinian militant during a rally supporting candidates from the group for the upcoming in Gaza city Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 155 Hamas top candidate Ismail Hanieh speaks under a picture of the late Sheik Ahmed Yassin during a rally supporting candidates from the group for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) 156 A Palestinian swings a slingshot before throwing a stone towards Israeli soldiers in the West Bank town of Qalqilya January 16,2006. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 157 A woman is reflected in the mirror of a bike at the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 158 Israeli soldiers patrol during a military operation in the West Bank town of Qalqilya January 16, 2006. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 159 Israeli soldiers patrol during a military operation in the West Bank town of Qalqilya January 16, 2006. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 160 A Palestinian youth puts up election posters next to a Fatah party sign showing the late Yasser Arafat that reads in Arabic 'Fatah - Defender of the National Goal' in the West Bank town of Jenin Monday Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) 161 Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos speaks during a press conference in the West Bank town of Ramallah Monday Jan. 16, 2006. Moratinos on Monday visited the campaign headquarters of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party, saying it was a pledge of support for Palestinian democracy rather than a political endorsement.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) 162 Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, center, and his Palestinian counterpart Nasser al-Kidwa arrive for a joint press conference in the West Bank town of Ramallah Monday Jan. 16, 2006. Moratinos on Monday visited the campaign headquarters of Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party, saying it was a pledge of support for Palestinian democracy rather than a political endorsement. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) 163 Female supporters of the Islamic group Hamas take part in a rally supporting candidates from the group for the upcoming elections in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. The arabic text on headband reads 'There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet.' (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 164 ATTENTION EDITORS - REPEATING WITH REVISED CAPTIONS Jewish settlers talk while a young Jewish girl (R) talks on her mobile at a settlers area in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 165 Palestinian female candidates, not named, raise their fingers as they chant Islamic slogans during a rally supporting candidates from the group in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) 166 Masked Jewish settlers talk while a young Jewish girl (R) talks on her mobile at a settlers area in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 167 A young supporter of the Islamic group Hamas raises his finger as he chants an Islamic slogan during a rally supporting candidates from the group in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. The arabic text on the scarf and hat read 'There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet. ' (AP Photo/Adel Hana) 168 A masked Jewish settler looks on in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 169 A Jewish settler looks out of the window at a settlers' area in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 170 Jewish settlers look out from windows in a settlers' area in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 171 Israeli policemen inspect from the roof of a settler's house in the West Bank city of Hebron, January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 172 A Jewish settler looks out the window at an area for settlers' houses in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 173 Palestinian female candidates from the Islamic group Hamas stand together in front of a banner during a rally supporting candidates from the group for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) 174 Israeli mounted policemen guard the street of the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 175 A doctor carries X-ray charts outside Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 176 Women supporters of the Islamic group Hamas chant slogans during a rally supporting candidates from the group for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held Jan. 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 177 An ambulance driver waits outside Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 178 An Israeli settler shouts at Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 179 A doctor and a companion walk outside Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 180 Women supporters of the Islamic group Hamas chant slogans during a rally supporting candidates from the group for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with recent polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) 181 An Israeli policeman checks the inside of settlers' houses in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 182 Hadassah hospital director Shlomo Mor-Yosef (L) walks outside where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 183 Israeli soldiers patrol through the streets of the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 184 An Orthodox Jewish looks from the security entrance of Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 185 A young supporter of the Islamic group Hamas stands in front of a banner showing a Palestinian militant during a rally supporting candidates from the group in the upcoming election in Gaza City Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Palestinian parliamentary elections are to be held January 25 with polls showing Hamas running in a close race with the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 186 Israeli soldiers patrol through the streets of the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Monday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 187 A nurse looks out from a window at Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 188 Kadima members, including Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, center left, are seen during a party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 189 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, talks with Justice Minister Tzipi Livni during a Kadima Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 190 Palestinian Hamas' candidates for the Legislative Council shout anti-Israel slogans during a Hamas movement campaign rally for the Palestinian legislative elections in Gaza January 16, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources have said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 191 Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh addresses his supporters during a Hamas movement campaign rally for the Palestinian legislative elections in Gaza January 16, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources have said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 192 Palestinian Hamas supporters shout anti-Israel slogans during a Hamas movement campaign rally for the Palestinian legislative elections in Gaza January 16, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources have said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 193 A Palestinian boy stands in front of a Hamas graffiti during a Hamas movement campaign rally for a Palestinian legislative election, in Gaza January 16, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources have said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 194 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert listens during a Kadima Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 195 A Palestinian boy wearing a Hamas banner on his head attends a Hamas movement campaign rally for the Palestinian legislative elections in Gaza January 16, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources have said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 196 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, and Kadima members, from left to right, Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz, Jacov Edrey and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni applaud during a Kadima Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 197 Ariel Sharon is seen at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, March 28, 2005. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 198 A Palestinian girl wears a Hamas banner on her head during a Hamas movement campaign rally for a Palestinian legislative election, in Gaza January 16, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources have said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 199 A Palestinian Hamas supporter attends a Hamas movement campaign rally for the Palestinian legislative elections in Gaza January 16, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources have said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 200 A Palestinian boy wears a Hamas banner on his head during a Hamas movement campaign rally for the Palestinian legislative elections in Gaza January 16, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources have said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 201 Palestinian women Hamas supporters talk to each other during a Hamas movement campaign rally for a Palestinian legislative election, in Gaza January 16, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 202 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is seen at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, March 28, 2005. The hospital treating Sharon denied a report on Monday the comatose leader had opened his eyes for the first time since a massive stroke on January 4. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 203 Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (R) and Israeli lawmaker Jacob Edery gesture during a Kadima party meeting in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima party named interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as its acting chairman on Monday to lead it into Israel's March 28 election, a party statement said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 204 Israeli lawmakers Abraham Hirchson (L) and Ruhama Avraham attend a Kadima party meeting in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima party named interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as its acting chairman on Monday to lead it into Israel's March 28 election, a party statement said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 205 Israel's acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L), Kadima party chairman Roni Bar-on (R) and Transportation Minister Meir Sheetrit arrive at a Kadima party meeting in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima party named Olmert as its acting chairman on Monday to lead it into Israel's March 28 election, a party statement said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 206 Israeli Kadima party members attend a Kadima party meeting in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima party named interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as its acting chairman on Monday to lead it into Israel's March 28 election, a party statement said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 207 Israeli Kadima party chairman Roni Bar-on (L) talks to Transportation Minister Meir Sheetrit during a Kadima party meeting in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Kadima party named interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as its acting chairman on Monday to lead it into Israel's March 28 election, a party statement said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 208 Israeli Kadima party chairman Roni Bar-on (R) and Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attend a Kadima party meeting in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima party named interim Prime Minister Olmert as its acting chairman on Monday to lead it into Israel's March 28 election, a party statement said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 209 Israeli Kadima party chairman Roni Bar-on (C), Transportation Minister Meir Sheetrit (R) and Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attend a Kadima party meeting in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima party named interim Prime Ehud Olmert as its acting chairman on Monday to lead it into Israel's March 28 election, a party statement said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 210 Israeli Kadima party chairman Roni Bar-on (L) and Transportation Minister Meir Sheetrit attend a Kadima party meeting in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima party named interim Prime Minister Olmert as its acting chairman on Monday to lead it into Israel's March 28 election, a party statement said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 211 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rubs his eye during a Kadima party meeting in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima party named Olmert as its acting chairman on Monday to lead it into Israel's March 28 election, a party statement said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 212 Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sits next to the vacant chair of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 213 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R) and Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni attend a Kadima party meeting in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima party named interim Prime Minister Olmert as its acting chairman on Monday to lead it into Israel's March 28 election, a party statement said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 214 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gestures during a Kadima Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 215 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, center, gestures as he walks with Infrastructure Minister Ronni Bar'On, right, as a bodyguard looks as they arrive at a Kadima Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 216 A Palestinian youth hurls a stone towards a masked Israeli settler standing on the roof of a building in the divided city of Hebron. Israel sent large-scale troop reinforcements to the West Bank town of Hebron in a bid to quell what the press is calling a Jewish Intifada, sparked by plans to evacuate settlers(AFP/Hazem Bader) 217 An Israeli flag flutters in front of the Hadassah hospital where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Sharon will undergo a tracheotomy Sunday night to help wean him off a respirator that has been helping him breathe since he suffered a massive stroke Jan. 4, hospital officials said. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition Sunday evening ahead of the surgery, the hospital said in a statement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 218 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, seen here in August 2005, underwent a successful tracheotomy at the Jerusalem hospital where he has spent the past 11 days in a coma, the hospital said.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt) 219 In this photo made available by the Israeli Government Press Office, acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, meets with British Telecom Chief Executive Ben Verwaayen, right, in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Israel's attorney general directed Ehud Olmert to continue serving as acting prime minister Sunday as doctors prepared to perform a tracheotomy on Ariel Sharon, who has been unconscious since suffering a devastating stroke 11 days ago.(AP Photo/Avi Ohayon, GPO) 220 Veteran Israeli lawmaker Shimon Peres speaks in Tel Aviv, Israel Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Peres resigned his parliamentary seat on Sunday so that he would be free to run in March elections as a member of Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit ) 221 Israeli security forces detain a masked Jewish settler in an area in the center of the West Bank town of Hebron where settlers were burning shops and throwing stones at Palestinian residents Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Eight settler families were given until Sunday to evacuate a Hebron neighborhood they took over four years ago. They are to be removed forcibly within a month if they disregard the evacuation order. In recent days, settlers outraged by the order have hurled stones at Palestinian homes in Hebron and tried to force their way into off-limits Palestinian areas of the city. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 222 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk into the Hadassah hospital where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Sharon is expected to undergo a tracheotomy Sunday night unidentified hospital officials have said. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition Sunday evening ahead of the surgery, the hospital said in a statement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 223 A local candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections Nayef al-Rajoub speaks in front of a poster of late Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin during a rally in the West Bank village of Beit Kahil, near Hebron on January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 224 A Hamas supporter stands next to a poster, reading in Arabic 'Islam is the solution' during a rally in the West Bank village of Beit Kahil, near Hebron January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 225 Israeli border police detain a Jewish settler in the center of the West Bank town of Hebron where settlers were burning shops and throwing stones at Palestinian residents Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Eight settler families were given until Sunday to evacuate a Hebron neighborhood they took over four-years ago, and they are to be removed forcibly within a month if they disregard the evacuation order. In recent days, settlers outraged by the order have hurled stones at Palestinian homes in Hebron and tried to force their way into off-limits Palestinian areas of the city.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 226 Next to wall painted by settlers, Israeli border police climb a wall as they try to access the area in the center of the West Bank town of Hebron where settlers were burning shops and throwing stones at Palestinian residents Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Eight settler families were given until Sunday to evacuate a Hebron neighborhood they took over four-years ago, and they are to be removed forcibly within a month if they disregard the evacuation order. In recent days, settlers outraged by the order have hurled stones at Palestinian homes in Hebron and tried to force their way into off-limits Palestinian areas of the city.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 227 A Hamas supporter holds up a Koran during a rally in the West Bank village of Beit Kahil near Hebron January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 228 A Hamas supporter holds up a Koran during a rally in the West Bank village of Beit Kahil near Hebron January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 229 Israeli border police climb a wall as they try to access the area in the center of the West Bank town of Hebron where settlers were burning shops and throwing stones at Palestinian residents Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Eight settler families were given until Sunday to evacuate a Hebron neighborhood they took over four years ago. They are to be removed forcibly within a month if they disregard the evacuation order. In recent days, settlers outraged by the order have hurled stones at Palestinian homes in Hebron and tried to force their way into off-limits Palestinian areas of the city.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 230 An Israeli police officer stands guard beside Palestinian campaign posters near the Mount of Olives, as the Dome of the Rock Mosque is seen in the background, in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 231 Palestinians cast shadows on a wall, beside campaign posters and graffiti depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in Azariya, on the edge of Jerusalem, January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 232 A Palestinian speaks to Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Eight settler families were given until Sunday to evacuate a Hebron neighborhood they took over four years ago. They are to be removed forcibly within a month if they disregard the evacuation order. In recent days, settlers outraged by the order have hurled stones at Palestinian homes in Hebron and tried to force their way into off-limits Palestinian areas of the city. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 233 Israeli border police march towards the center of the West Bank town of Hebron where settlers were burning shops and throwing stones at Palestinian residents Sunday Jan.15, 2006. Eight settler families were given until Sunday to evacuate a Hebron neighborhood they took over four-years ago. They are to be removed forcibly within a month if they disregard the evacuation order. In recent days, settlers outraged by the order have hurled stones at Palestinian homes in Hebron and tried to force their way into off-limits Palestinian areas of the city.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 234 Palestinians stand with a flag showing the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as they gather at the grave of Nawal Dwekat, 50, and her son Fawzi, 20, on a hillside cemetery during their funeral in the village of Rojib, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Dwekat and his mother early Sunday in what appeared to be a mixup sparked by a feud between villagers, residents said. Soldiers, apparently thinking they had come across a militant hideout, fired at a house on the outskirts of Rojib, where Dwekat was standing guard with a rifle in the wake of arson attacks on the family's cars, residents said. Residents said soldiers shot first, and Dwekat returned fire. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 235 A Palestinian boy holds a Hamas flag as a convoy of cars waving the Islamist group's flags and electoral campaign posters drives through the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously agreed to allow Palestinian parliamentary elections to take place in Jerusalem, defusing a crisis that threatened to derail the Jan. 25 balloting. Israel had threatened to bar Palestinians from voting in east Jerusalem because candidates of the militant Hamas group were to appear on the ballot. Palestinians threatened to cancel the election if Israel followed through on its decision. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 236 Hamas candidate in the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections, Fathiya Qawasmeh, holds a Hamas flag as a convoy of cars waving the Islamist group's flags and electoral campaign posters, not seen, drives through the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously agreed to allow Palestinian parliamentary elections to take place in Jerusalem, defusing a crisis that threatened to derail the Jan. 25 balloting. Israel had threatened to bar Palestinians from voting in east Jerusalem because candidates of the militant Hamas group were to appear on the ballot. Palestinians threatened to cancel the election if Israel followed through on its decision. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 237 Israeli settler youths stand in front of Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 238 Palestinian boys wave Hamas flags during a rally in the West Bank city of Tulkarm January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Mustafa Abu Dayeh 239 Palestinian boys stand beside a picture depicting the late Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi during a Hamas rally in the West Bank city of Tulkarm January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Mustafa Abu Dayeh 240 An Israeli settler gestures at Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 15, 2006.Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city.The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 241 Outgoing Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom holds a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Speaking after the Israeli cabinet unanimously approved voting for Palestinian parliamentary elections in east Jerusalem Shalom said: 'What happened today is dangerous. To enable the Palestinians to vote in east Jerusalem might bring the Hamas to power and then we will have no excuse, after that to not to talk to Hamas, and we will be under huge pressure to talk to Hamas and to do everything to have negotiation with Hamas'. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 242 A Palestinian woman takes part in a rally in support of the militant group Hamas in the West Bank city of Hebron January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a Jan. 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 243 A woman passes a roundabout traffic sign at Hadassah hospital, where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem January 13, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 244 An Israeli settler is reflected in the scope of an Israeli soldier's weapon in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city.The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 245 An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man holds a religious painting as he stands in front of Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city.The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 246 Masked Israeli settler youths stand in front of an Israeli flag on a rooftop in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city.The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 247 A Palestinian boy puts up election posters showing a Fatah candidate in the village of Rojib, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously agreed to allow Palestinian parliamentary elections to take place in Jerusalem, defusing a crisis that threatened to derail the Jan. 25 balloting.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 248 Israeli soldiers and police stand next to a Palestinian-owned shop set on fire by Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Eight settler families were given until Sunday to evacuate a Hebron neighborhood they took over four years ago. They are to be removed forcibly within a month if they disregard the evacuation order, as is expected. In recent days, settlers outraged by the order have hurled stones at Palestinian homes in Hebron and tried to force their way into off-limits Palestinian areas of the city.(AP Photo / Oded Balilty) 249 Palestinians shout slogans as one carries a poster of Nawal Dwekat, 50, and her son Fawzi, 20, during their funeral in the village of of Rojib, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Dwekat and his mother early Sunday in what appeared to be a mixup sparked by a feud between villagers, residents said. Soldiers, apparently thinking they had come across a militant hideout, fired at a house on the outskirts of Rojib, where Dwekat was standing guard with a rifle in the wake of arson attacks on the family's cars, residents said. Residents said soldiers shot first, and Dwekat returned fire. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 250 Palestinian youths hold Fatah flags in the rain during the funeral of Nawal Dwekat, 50, and her son Fawzi, 20, in the village of Rojib, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Dwekat and his mother early Sunday in what appeared to be a mixup sparked by a feud between villagers, residents said. Soldiers, apparently thinking they had come across a militant hideout, fired at a house on the outskirts of Rojib, where Dwekat was standing guard with a rifle in the wake of arson attacks on the family's cars, residents said. Residents said soldiers shot first, and Dwekat returned fire. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 251 Masked Israeli settler youth stand in front of an Israeli flag on a rooftop in the West Bank city of Hebron January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 252 Israeli soldiers patrol through the streets of the West Bank city of Hebron January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 253 Israeli settler youth stand behind Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 254 An Israeli settler (R) looks at an Israeli soldier in the West Bank city of Hebron January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 255 Palestinians look on as Israeli soldiers stand guard in the West Bank city of Hebron January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 256 A Palestinian man reacts at the grave of Nawal Dwekat, 50, and her son Fawzi,20, at a hillside cemetery during their funeral in the village of Rojib, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Dwekat and his mother early Sunday in what appeared to be a mixup sparked by a feud between villagers, residents said. Soldiers, apparently thinking they had come across a militant hideout, fired at a house on the outskirts of Rojib, where Dwekat was standing guard with a rifle in the wake of arson attacks on the family's cars, residents said. Residents said soldiers shot first, and Dwekat returned fire. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 257 An Israeli settler sits behind Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 258 Senior Palestinian official Mohammed Dahlan sits in front of a poster of late Yasser Arafat as he speaks during the press conference in the West Bank town of Ramallah Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously agreed to allow Palestinian parliamentary elections to take place in Jerusalem, defusing a crisis that threatened to derail the Jan. 25 balloting.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) 259 Palestinian men pray at the grave of Nawal Dwekat, 50, and her son Fawzi, 20, on a hillside cemetery during their funeral in the village of Rojib, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Dwekat and his mother early Sunday in what appeared to be a mixup sparked by a feud between villagers, residents said. Soldiers, apparently thinking they had come across a militant hideout, fired at a house on the outskirts of Rojib, where Dwekat was standing guard with a rifle in the wake of arson attacks on the family's cars, residents said. Residents said soldiers shot first, and Dwekat returned fire. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 260 Israeli settlers walk behind Israeli soldiers standing guard in the West Bank city of Hebron January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 261 A masked Israeli settler youth throws a rock from a rooftop in the West Bank city of Hebron January 15, 2006. Scores of Jewish settlers rioted in Hebron in the West Bank on Sunday ahead of the implementation of evacuation orders for a market in the city. The riots came amidst rising tensions ahead of an Israeli order to evict eight settler families from Palestinian-owned buildings in a market in the heart of the city. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 262 Fatah faction leader Mohammed Dahlan addresses the media during a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 263 Fatah faction leader Mohammed Dahlan addresses the media as he sits in front of a picture of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 264 Fatah faction leader Mohammed Dahlan addresses the media as he sits in front of a picture of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 265 Palestinian children hold up a campaign poster in support of the Hamas during a rally in the West Bank city of Hebron January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 266 Hamas parliamentary candidate Fathieh Mitani al-Qawasmeh (L) takes part in a rally in the West Bank city of Hebron January 15,2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 267 Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of Nawal Dwekat, 50, and her son Fawzi, 20, during their funeral in the village of Rojib, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Dwekat and his mother early Sunday in what appeared to be a mixup sparked by a feud between villagers, residents said. Soldiers, apparently thinking they had come across a militant hideout, fired at a house on the outskirts of Rojib, where Dwekat was standing guard with a rifle in the wake of arson attacks on the family's cars, residents said. Residents said soldiers shot first, and Dwekat returned fire. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 268 A Palestinian man carries a poster as mourners carry the bodies of Nawal Dwekat, 50, background,and her son Fawzi, 20, during their funeral in the village of Rojib, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Dwekat and his mother early Sunday in what appeared to be a mixup sparked by a feud between villagers, residents said. Soldiers, apparently thinking they had come across a militant hideout, fired at a house on the outskirts of Rojib, where Dwekat was standing guard with a rifle in the wake of arson attacks on the family's cars, residents said. Residents said soldiers shot first, and Dwekat returned fire. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 269 Palestinian children hold up a campaign poster in support of the militant group Hamas during a rally in the West Bank city of Hebron January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 270 Palestinian relatives of Nawal Dwekat, 50, and her son Fawzi, 20, react during his funeral in the village of Rojib, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Dwekat and his mother early Sunday in what appeared to be a mixup sparked by a feud between villagers, residents said. Soldiers, apparently thinking they had come across a militant hideout, fired at a house on the outskirts of Rojib, where Dwekat was standing guard with a rifle in the wake of arson attacks on the family's cars, residents said. Residents said soldiers shot first, and Dwekat returned fire. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) 271 A boy fixes posters of Palestinian Fatah party candidate Isam Abu Bakr in the West Bank village of Roujib January 15, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 272 Palestinian men pray at the grave of Nawal Dwekat, 50, and her son Fawzi, 20, on a hillside cemetery during their funeral in the village of Rojib, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Israeli troops shot dead Dwekat and his mother early Sunday in what appeared to be a mixup sparked by a feud between villagers, residents said. Soldiers, apparently thinking they had come across a militant hideout, fired at a house on the outskirts of Rojib, where Dwekat was standing guard with a rifle in the wake of arson attacks on the family's cars, residents said. Residents said soldiers shot first, and Dwekat returned fire. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 273 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006 with the chair of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vacant at right. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved voting in east Jerusalem, defusing a crisis that threatened to derail Palestinian elections.(AP Photo/Jim Hollander/Pool) 274 Outgoing Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom arrives for a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Speaking after the Israeli cabinet unanimously approved voting for Palestinian parliamentary elections in east Jerusalem Shalom said: 'What happened today is dangerous. To enable the Palestinians to vote in east Jerusalem might bring the Hamas to power and then we will have no excuse, after that to not to talk to Hamas, and we will be under huge pressure to talk the Hamas and to do every thing to have negotiation with Hamas'. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 275 Israeli police scuffle with members of the Islamic group Hamas in Jerusalem's Old City Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Shortly after the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved voting for Palestinian parliamentary elections in east Jerusalem, police scuffled with Hamas members in Jerusalem's Old City, and detained six people, including three held on suspicion of illegal campaigning, police said. Mohammed Abu Teir, the No. 2 on the national Hamas slate, was among those detained. (AP Photo/Inbal Rose) 276 Mohammed Abu Teir, center, the No. 2 on the national slate of the Islamic group Hamas for the upcoming Palestinian legislative elctions, is escorted after being detained by Israeli police in Jerusalem's Old City Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Shortly after the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved voting for Palestinian parliamentary elections in east Jerusalem, police scuffled with Hamas members in Jerusalem's Old City, and detained six people, including Abu Teir on suspicion of illegal campaigning, police said. (AP Photo/Inbal Rose) 277 Israel's acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Olmert has formally submitted the proposals to cabinet colleagues at only their second regular meeting since premier Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke 11 days ago.(AFP/Pool/Jim Hollander) 278 Palestinian Sheikh Mohammed Abu Tir (C), a Hamas candidate and a resident of Arab east Jerusalem, is arrested by Israeli plain clothes Israeli policemen outside the Old City's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israel gave its approval for Arab residents of annexed east Jerusalem to vote in this month's Palestinian election but made clear it would not tolerate campaigning by Hamas.(AFP/Gali Tibbon) 279 Israeli policemen arrest an activist from the militant Islamic group of Hamas during a rally in the old city of Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem for a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election, clearing the way for the ballot to be held on time, a government official said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 280 A Palestinian boy smiles as posters for the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections are reflected in a car window at Qalandia checkpoint, near the West Bank city Ramallah, January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 281 An Israeli policeman (R) scuffles with an activist from the Islamic militant group Hamas during a rally in the old city of Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a Jan. 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Mahfouz Abu Turk 282 Palestinian women walk past pre-election posters for the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections, at Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a Jan. 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 283 Mohammed Abu Tir, one of the leaders from the militant Islamic group of Hamas, is arrested by Israeli police during a rally in the old city of Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem in a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election but said it would ban the militant Hamas group from listing its candidates on ballots there. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 284 Israeli policemen scuffle with activists from the militant Islamic group of Hamas during a rally in the old city of Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem for a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election, clearing the way for the ballot to be held on time, a government official said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 285 Israeli policemen arrest Mohammed Abu Tir (C), one of the leaders from the militant Islamic group of Hamas, in Jerusalem during a rally in the old city of Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem for a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election, clearing the way for the ballot to be held on time, a government official said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 286 Israeli policemen scuffle with activists from the militant Islamic group of Hamas during a rally in the old city of Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem for a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election, clearing the way for the ballot to be held on time, a government official said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 287 Israeli policemen arrest an activist from the militant Islamic group of Hamas during a rally in the old city of Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Israel's cabinet approved voting in Arab East Jerusalem for a January 25 Palestinian parliamentary election, clearing the way for the ballot to be held on time, a government official said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 288 Outgoing Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom attends a news conference at his office in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. The resignations of three cabinet members from the Likud who quit last week under orders from party leader Benjamin Netanyahu came into effect on Sunday. Shalom leaves the cabinet on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 289 Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sits next to the vacant chair of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. They said Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz planned to declare later in the day that Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4, was in a state of 'protracted temporary incapacitation', effectively extending Olmert's tenure as his replacement. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 290 Outgoing Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom attends a news conference at his office in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. The resignations of three cabinet members from the Likud who quit last week under orders from party leader Benjamin Netanyahu came into effect on Sunday. Shalom leaves the cabinet on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 291 Outgoing Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom smiles during a news conference at his office in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. The resignations of three cabinet members from the Likud who quit last week under orders from party leader Benjamin Netanyahu came into effect on Sunday. Shalom leaves the cabinet on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 292 Outgoing Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom attends a news conference at his office in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. The resignations of three cabinet members from the Likud who quit last week under orders from party leader Benjamin Netanyahu came into effect on Sunday. Shalom leaves the cabinet on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 293 Tzipi Livni, Israel's Minister of Justice, walks to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. According to Israeli media reports Livni will replace Silvan Shalom as Foreign Minister after his resignation. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved voting in east Jerusalem, defusing a crisis that threatened to derail Palestinian elections.(AP Photo/Jim Hollander/Pool). 294 Israel's Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, left, and Tzipi Livni, Israel's Minister of Justice, attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. According to Israeli media reports Livni will replace Silvan Shalom as Foreign Minister after his resignation. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved voting in east Jerusalem, defusing a crisis that threatened to derail Palestinian elections.(AP Photo/Jim Hollander/Pool). 295 Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert opens a bottle of water as he sits next to the vacant chair (R) of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 296 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved voting in east Jerusalem, defusing a crisis that threatened to derail Palestinian elections.(AP Photo/Jim Hollander/Pool). 297 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on Sunday Jan. 15, 2006 with the chair of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vacant at right. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved voting in east Jerusalem, defusing a crisis that threatened to derail Palestinian elections.(AP Photo/Jim Hollander/Pool). 298 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved voting in east Jerusalem, defusing a crisis that threatened to derail Palestinian elections.(AP Photo/Jim Hollander/Pool). 299 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on Sunday Jan. 15, 2006 with the chair of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vacant beside him. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved voting in east Jerusalem, defusing a crisis that threatened to derail Palestinian elections.(AP Photo/Jim Hollander/Pool). 300 Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Ehud Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. They said Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz planned to declare later in the day that Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4, was in a state of 'protracted temporary incapacitation', effectively extending Olmert's tenure as his replacement. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 301 Israel's Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz (L) chats with Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (R) who is expected to be named today as the new Foreign Minister, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. They said Mazuz planned to declare later in the day that Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4, was in a state of 'protracted temporary incapacitation', effectively extending Olmert's tenure as his replacement. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 302 Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. They said Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz planned to declare later in the day that Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4, was in a state of 'protracted temporary incapacitation', effectively extending Olmert's tenure as his replacement. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 303 Israel's Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert opens the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. They said Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz planned to declare later in the day that Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4, was in a state of 'protracted temporary incapacitation', effectively extending Olmert's tenure as his replacement. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 304 Acting Israeli Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ehud Olmert addresses the media during a news conference in Jerusalem Janauary 8, 2006. Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. REUTERS/Gil Yohanan 305 An Orthodox Jewish man pushes himself on a wheelchair outside Hadassah hospital, where the critically ill Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 14, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 306 Israel's Ehud Olmert speaks to the press after his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the State Department in Washington in this August 24, 2005 file photo. Israel's attorney-general will announce on Sunday that Olmert will serve as acting prime minister, temporarily replacing the ailing Ariel Sharon, until March 28 national elections, the leading Haaretz newspaper said January 15, 2006. REUTERS/Larry Downing/Files 307 (AFP iactiv) 308 Ariel Sharon, seen here in August 2005, remained in a coma 10 days after a massive stroke amid increasing worries over his health, as cabinet colleagues prepared to approve Palestinian voting in annexed east Jerusalem.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt) 309 Israel's Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, pictured here on 08 January, continues to enjoy high poll ratings but lacks Sharon's charisma and faces a huge task in navigating the security and political problems facing Israel, beginning with this month's Palestinian elections.(AFP/File/Brian Hendler) 310 Israeli security men stand guard in front of a wall covered with electoral posters as part of the campaigns for the parliamentary election in the divided West Bank town of Abu Dis. Ariel Sharon remained in a coma 10 days after a massive stroke amid increasing worries over his health, as cabinet colleagues prepared to approve Palestinian voting in annexed east Jerusalem.(AFP/Awad Awad) 311 Hamas supporters attend a pre-election rally in village of Ellar near the West Bank town of Tulkarm on January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 312 Hamas supporters attend a pre-election rally in village of Ellar near the West Bank town of Tulkarm on January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Mustafa Abu Dayeh 313 Hamas supporters attend a pre-election rally in village of Ellar near the West Bank town of Tulkarm on January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 314 Israeli soldiers scuffle with a young Israeli settler in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 315 Israeli soldiers scuffle with young Israeli settlers in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 316 A young Israeli settler (C) shouts at the Israeli soldiers during clashes in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 317 Hamas candidate Nayef Rajoub sits under a banner showing posters of other candidates during a campaign rally by the militant group in the southern West Bank town of Idna, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. In Hebron, the Palestinian legislative elections are brother against brother. For Fatah: one of the late Yasser Arafat's most swaggering proteges, Jabril Rajoub. On the Hamas slate: his younger brother Nayef, a longtime academic and beekeeper who has picked up the Hamas lingo of Islamic values and the need to uproot the corruption and cronyism of Arafat's era. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 318 A young Israeli settler scuffles with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 319 Hamas candidate Nayef Rajoub is seen during a campaign rally by the militant group in the southern West Bank town of Idna, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. In Hebron, the Palestinian legislative elections are brother against brother. For Fatah: one of the late Yasser Arafat's most swaggering proteges, Jibril Rajoub. On the Hamas slate: his younger brother Nayef, a longtime academic and beekeeper who has picked up the Hamas lingo of Islamic values and the need to uproot the corruption and cronyism of Arafat's era. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 320 A young Israeli settler reacts during a scuffle with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 321 A young Israeli settler scuffles with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 322 Palestinian militants from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militant group with ties to the ruling Fatah Movement, fires his weapon as a boy carrying an election poster showing the late leader Yasser Arafat reacts during a rally in support of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006. Recent opinion polls show the militant Islamic Hamas in a close race with the ruling Fatah Movement in the upcoming Jan. 25 elections. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) 323 A young Israeli settler scuffles with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 324 Former West Bank security chief Jibril Rajoub smiles as he sits under election posters showing himself and the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at a Fatah Party rally in the West Bank town of Hebron Saturday Jan. 14, 2006. In Hebron, the Palestinian legislative elections are brother against brother. For Fatah: one of the late Yasser Arafat's most swaggering proteges, Jibril Rajoub. On the Hamas slate: his younger brother Nayef, a longtime academic and beekeeper who has picked up the Hamas lingo of Islamic values and the need to uproot the corruption and cronyism of Arafat's era. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 325 Supporters of former West Bank security chief Jibril Rajoub put up posters of Rajoub outside a Fatah Party rally in the West Bank town of Hebron Saturday Jan. 14, 2006. In Hebron, the Palestinian legislative elections are brother against brother. For Fatah: one of the late Yasser Arafat's most swaggering proteges, Jibril Rajoub. On the Hamas slate: his younger brother Nayef, a longtime academic and beekeeper who has picked up the Hamas lingo of Islamic values and the need to uproot the corruption and cronyism of Arafat's era. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 326 Supporters shout slogans as Hamas candidate Nayef Rajoub, top right, speaks during a campaign rally by the militant group in the southern West Bank town of Idna, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. In Hebron, the Palestinian legislative elections are brother against brother. For Fatah: one of the late Yasser Arafat's most swaggering proteges, Jibril Rajoub. On the Hamas slate: his younger brother Nayef, a longtime academic and beekeeper who has picked up the Hamas lingo of Islamic values and the need to uproot the corruption and cronyism of Arafat's era. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 327 Hamas candidate Nayef Rajoub, center, walks with supporters during a campaign rally by the militant group in the southern West Bank town of Idna, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. In Hebron, the Palestinian legislative elections are brother against brother. For Fatah: one of the late Yasser Arafat's most swaggering proteges, Jibril Rajoub. On the Hamas slate: his younger brother Nayef, a longtime academic and beekeeper who has picked up the Hamas lingo of Islamic values and the need to uproot the corruption and cronyism of Arafat's era. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 328 Hamas candidate Nayef Rajoub,front center, speaks to supporters during a campaign rally by the militant group in the southern West Bank town of Idna, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. In Hebron, the Palestinian legislative elections are brother against brother. For Fatah: one of the late Yasser Arafat's most swaggering proteges, Jibril Rajoub. On the Hamas slate: his younger brother Nayef, a longtime academic and beekeeper who has picked up the Hamas lingo of Islamic values and the need to uproot the corruption and cronyism of Arafat's era. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 329 A Hamas supporter hangs flags as he stands next to posters showing the late leaders of the group Sheik Ahmed Yassin, top left, and Abdel Aziz Rantisi above a candidates poster during an election rally in the southern West Bank town of Idna, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. A U.S. official said Saturday Jan. 14, 2006 that Washington would have to review its aid to the Palestinians if Hamas joins their government. President George W. Bush requested $350 million (291 million) for the Palestinians last year.The official said that under anti-terrorism laws, the U.S. would have to make sure that no aid to the Palestinians falls into the wrong hands. Two visiting U.S. envoys relayed the message to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Friday. The official was not authorized to discuss the issue with the media and could not be identified.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 330 Hamas supporters hold pictures of candidates from the group who are running in Palestinian legislative elections and are currently held in Israeli jails during a rally in the southern West Bank town of Idna, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. A U.S. official said Saturday, Jan 14, 2006 that Washington would have to review its aid to the Palestinians if Hamas joins their government. President George W. Bush requested $350 million (291 million) for the Palestinians last year. The official said that under anti-terrorism laws, the U.S. would have to make sure that no aid to the Palestinians falls into the wrong hands. Two visiting U.S. envoys relayed the message to Abbas on Friday. The official was not authorized to discuss the issue with the media and could not be identified.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 331 Hamas candidates for legislative elections from the area of Hebron sit together during a rally by the group in the southern West Bank town of Idna, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. A U.S. official said Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006 that Washington would have to review its aid to the Palestinians if Hamas joins their government. President George W. Bush requested $350 million (291 million) for the Palestinians last year.The official said that under anti-terrorism laws, the U.S. would have to make sure that no aid to the Palestinians falls into the wrong hands. Two visiting U.S. envoys relayed the message to Abbas on Friday. The official was not authorized to discuss the issue with the media and could not be identified. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 332 Hamas supporters gather for an election campaign rally next to a banner showing late leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi in the southern West Bank town of Idna, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. A U.S. official said Saturday that Washington would have to review its aid to the Palestinians if Hamas joins their government. President George W. Bush requested $350 million (291 million) for the Palestinians last year.The official said that under anti-terrorism laws, the U.S. would have to make sure that no aid to the Palestinians falls into the wrong hands. Two visiting U.S. envoys relayed the message to Abbas on Friday. The official was not authorized to discuss the issue with the media and could not be identified. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 333 Palestinian men play cards at the coffee shop in the market in the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 334 A Palestinian man walks at the market in the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 335 A Palestinian woman looks at the protection metal net at a market in the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 336 A Palestinian boy holds up Fatah pre-election posters, depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, at the market in the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 337 Two Palestinian men walk at the market in the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 338 A Palestinian boy places a Fatah pre-election poster, depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, at the market in the West Bank city of Hebron January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 339 An Israeli border police officer (L) refuses entry to Jerusalem to a Palestinian woman in the West Bank town of Al Eizaya, on the edge of Jerusalem, January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 340 A Palestinian clears the street next to Israel's controversial barrier covered by pre-election posters for the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections in Abu Dis, on the edge of Jerusalem, January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 341 A Palestinian boy climbs over Israel's controversial barrier covered by pre-election posters for the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections in Abu Dis, on the edge of Jerusalem, January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 342 A billboard showing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is seen backdropped by buildings in Jerusalem, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006. Ariel Sharon is still receiving a small amount of sedatives and remains comatose in critical but stable condition, a hospital official said Saturday, 10 days after the Israeli leader suffered a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 343 Palestinians queue to pass an Israeli border police post in the West Bank town of Al Eizaya, on the edge of Jerusalem, January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 344 Palestinians queue to pass an Israeli border police post in the West Bank town of Al Eizaya, on the edge of Jerusalem, January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 345 An Orthodox Jewish man pushes himself on a wheelchair outside Hadassah hospital, where the critically ill Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 14, 2006. Doctors tending to Sharon are concerned that the Israeli prime minister has not shown signs of emerging from a coma and may take longer than hoped to regain consciousness, hospital sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 346 A Palestinian boy runs next to the wall covered by pre-election posters for the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections in Abu Dis, on the edge of Jerusalem January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 347 Palestinians queue to pass an Israeli border police post in the West Bank town of Al Eizaya, on the edge of Jerusalem, January 14, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 348 Boys walk in front of a large poster showing candidates for the Legislative Council, after Palestinians close the road between north and south Gaza Strip January 14, 2006. Hundreds of Palestinians closed the road between north and south Gaza Strip to protest against the failure of the Palestinian Authority to fight growing lawlessness, witnesses said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 349 Residents sit after Palestinians close the road between north and south Gaza Strip January 14, 2006. Hundreds of Palestinians closed the road between north and south Gaza Strip to protest against the failure of the Palestinian Authority to fight growing lawlessness, witnesses said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 350 Comic actor Mariano Idelman portrays television talk show host Yair Lapid during a taping of the top-rated Israeli satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet', which translates from Hebrew to 'A Wonderful Country', at a studio in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. The character of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon usually makes an entrance on the show, but the character did not appear this week out of respect for the prime minister who is critically ill. Picture taken January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 351 Palestinians close the road between north and south Gaza Strip, as they stand next to a large poster of candidates for the Legislative Council, January 14, 2006. Hundreds of Palestinians closed the road between north and south Gaza Strip to protest against the failure of the Palestinian Authority to fight growing lawlessness, witnesses said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 352 Gunmen place burning tires on the main coastal road linking the nothern and southern Gaza Strip Saturday Jan. 14, 2006. Dozens of gunmen, including off-duty policemen, halted traffic on two major roads in the Gaza Strip for more than an hour Saturday, in the latest sign of chaos gripping the area ahead of Jan. 25 Palestinian elections. The protesters blocked the two main north-south roads in Gaza, demanding retribution for the killing of a policeman a week ago.The protesters, who included relatives and former colleagues of the dead officer, urged Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, to impose order in Gaza.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 353 A gunman places burning tires on the main coastal road linking the nothern and southern Gaza Strip Saturday Jan. 14, 2006. Dozens of gunmen, including off-duty policemen, halted traffic on two major roads in the Gaza Strip for more than an hour Saturday, in the latest sign of chaos gripping the area ahead of Jan. 25 Palestinian elections. The protesters blocked the two main north-south roads in Gaza, demanding retribution for the killing of a policeman a week ago.The protesters, who included relatives and former colleagues of the dead officer, urged Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, to impose order in Gaza. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 354 Comic actor Tal Friedman (L) portrays his new character of interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during a taping of the top-rated Israeli satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet', which translates from Hebrew to 'A Wonderful Country', at a television studio in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. Friedman usually plays the role of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, but the character did not appear this week out of respect for the prime minister who is critically ill. Picture taken January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 355 Palestinian boys stand beside burning tires after Palestinians close the road between north and south Gaza Strip January 14, 2006. Hundreds of Palestinians closed the road between north and south Gaza Strip to protest against the failure of the Palestinian Authority to fight growing lawlessness, witnesses said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 356 Comic actor Eli Finish, portraying veteran Israeli statesman Shimon Peres, awaits his entrance during a taping of the top-rated Israeli satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet', which translates from Hebrew to 'A Wonderful Country', at a television studio in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. The character of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon usually makes an entrance on the show, but the character did not appear this week out of respect for the prime minister who is critically ill. Picture taken January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 357 Comic actor Dov Navon (L) portrays a television reporter and Asi Levi plays Hadassah hospital director Shlomo Mor-Yosef during a taping of the top-rated Israeli satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet', which translates from Hebrew to 'A Wonderful Country', at a television studio in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. The character of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon usually makes an entrance on the show, but the character did not appear this week out of respect for the prime minister who is critically ill. Picture taken January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 358 A Palestinian boy shouts slogans after Palestinians close the road between north and south Gaza Strip January 14, 2006. Hundreds of Palestinians closed the road between north and south Gaza Strip to protest against the failure of the Palestinian Authority to fight growing lawlessness, witnesses said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 359 Comic actor Eli Finish portrays veteran Israeli statesman Shimon Peres during a taping of the top-rated Israeli satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet', which translates from Hebrew to 'A Wonderful Country', at a television studio in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. The character of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon usually makes an entrance on the show, but the character did not appear this week out of respect for the prime minister who is critically ill. Picture taken January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 360 Comic actor Tal Friedman portrays his new character of interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during a taping of the top-rated Israeli satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet', which translates from Hebrew to 'A Wonderful Country', at a television studio in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. Friedman usually plays the role of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, but the character did not appear this week out of respect for the prime minister who is critically ill. Picture taken January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 361 A boy jumps over burning tires after Palestinians close the road between north and south Gaza Strip January 14, 2006. Hundreds of Palestinian closed the road between north and south Gaza Strip to protest against the failure of the Palestinian Authority to fight growing lawlessness, witnesses said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 362 Palestinian Hamas members participate in a rally in Gaza, January 6, 2006. U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month's Palestinian election, U.S. diplomatic sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 363 An Israeli soldier stands on guard during a demonstration against the construction of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, west of Ramallah. Bilin has been the scene of weekly demonstrations against the controversial fence that separates the West Bank from Israel.(AFP/Patrick Baz) 364 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, seen here in January 2005, was reported to be in a "very worrying" condition as he spent his ninth day in a medically-induced coma since suffering a massive brain haemorrhage.(AFP/File/Gali Tibbon) 365 A Palestinian woman walks past posters for a candidate in the upcoming Palestinian legislative elections in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. Recent polls show the Islamic Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, posing a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 366 Palestinian supporters of Hamas listen during a rally for candidates in legislative elections in the West Bank village of Anata, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. Recent polls show the Islamic Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, posing a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 367 Palestinian supporters of Hamas put up a poster of the late leaders of the group: Sheik Ahmed Yassin, left, and Abdel Aziz Rantisi, at a rally in the West Bank village of Anata, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. Recent polls show the Islamic Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, posing a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 368 Palestinian Fatah supporters attend a Fatah party election rally in Gaza City, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. Polls show the Islamic Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, posing a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party in the upcoming Jan. 25 Palestinian legislative elections.(AP Photo/Adel Hana) 369 Palestinian men sit next to a poster of the Palestinian Elections Commission at a rally for candidates of Islamic Hamas in the West Bank village of Anata, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. Recent polls show the Islamic Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, posing a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 370 Palestinian climb over as campaign posters for the upcoming Jan. 25 Palestinian legislative elections are pasted to a barricade wall next to a section of Israel's separation barrier in the village of Abu Dis, in the outskirts of Jerusalem, Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Polls show the Islamic Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, posing a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 371 A child helps supporters of the ruling Fatah movement to post campaign posters for the upcoming Jan. 25 Palestinian legislative elections in the village of Abu Dis, in the outskirts of Jerusalem, Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Polls show the Islamic Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, poses a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party. Imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti can be seen on the poster at left.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 372 Red paint is splashed on a poster of Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas (C) with a Fatah poster of assasinated Palestine Liberation deputy leader Khalil al-Wazir next to it, on a closer shop in the West Bank. A US envoy backed Palestinian calls for Arab residents in east Jerusalem to be able to vote in this month's parliamentary elections.(AFP/Patrick Baz) 373 A demonstrator is detained by Israeli soldiers during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bil'in Friday Jan. 13, 2006.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) 374 A Palestinian man holds his child as he stands in front of Israeli army soldiers during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bil'in Friday Jan. 13, 2006.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) 375 Campaign posters for the upcoming Jan. 25 Palestinian legislative elections are plastered to poles and concrete walls next to a section of Israel's separation barrier in the village of Abu Dis, in the outskirts of Jerusalem, Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Polls show the Islamic Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, posing a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 376 US soldiers arrive to secure Haifa street as a Humvee burns in Baghdad, Iraq, moments after unknown assailants fired an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) at the passing vehicle, Thursday, July 3, 2003. Soldiers exposed to Iraq's increasingly lethal roadside bombs, which can rip through even armored Humvees, are drawing upon wartime experience and stateside expertise to upgrade their vehicles with improvements like stronger armor and thermal detection cameras. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) 377 A child helps supporters of the ruling Fatah movement to post campaign posters for the upcoming Jan. 25 Palestinian legislative elections in the village of Abu Dis, in the outskirts of Jerusalem, Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Polls show the Islamic Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, posing a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party. Imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti can be seen on the poster at left.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 378 Palestinian women and children watch the funeral procession of two Palestinian militants killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Jenin January 13, 2006. A Palestinian bomber blew himself up and Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in clashes on Thursday in the town of Jenin in the West Bank, security sources and Palestinian witnesses said. REUTERS/Mustafa Abu Dayeh 379 Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of two Palestinian militants killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Jenin January 13, 2006. A Palestinian bomber blew himself up and Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in clashes on Thursday in the town of Jenin in the West Bank, security sources and Palestinian witnesses said. REUTERS/Mustafa Abu Dayeh 380 ATTENTION EDITORS - CAPTION CORRECTION FOR NAB01D & NAB05D WHICH WERE TRANSMITTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1447 GMT ON JANUARY 13, 2006. THE CAPTION INCORRECTLY STATES THE PLACE WHERE THE PICTURES WERE TAKEN . IT SHOULD BE THE WEST BANK CITY OF JENIN. A CORRECTED VERSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS THIS ADVISORY. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED. REUTERS SINGAPORE NAB01D: Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of two Palestinian militants killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Jenin January 13, 2006. A Palestinian bomber blew himself up and Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in clashes on Thursday in the town of Jenin in the West Bank, security sources and Palestinian witnesses said. REUTERS/Mustafa Abu Dayeh 381 Palestinian parliamentary candidate Mustafa Barghouti, center, who heads the Independent Palestine list for the Jan. 25 Palestinian legislative elections, is confronted by an Israeli soldier as he tries to pass through an Israeli checkpoint during an election rally in the West Bank town of Hebron Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) 382 The bodies of two Islamic Jihad militants are carried for burial in the West Bank city of Jenin Friday Jan. 13, 2006. The two were killed Thursday in a shootout with Israeli troops during an arrest raid. Islamic Jihad identified the dead as Moutaz Khalil and Ali Abu Hazne from the village of Atil near Tulkarem. The army said their cell was responsible for an Oct. 26 suicide bombing in Hadera that killed five Israelis. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 383 Pictures of candidates for the upcoming Jan. 25 Palestinian legislative elections hang on a bullet pocked wall in the West Bank city of Jenkins Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Polls show Islamic Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, poses a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party. Fatah has been weakened by accusations of corruption and its inability to halt growing lawlessness in Palestinian areas, much of it caused by rogue gunmen affiliated with Fatah.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 384 Supporters of the Islamic group Hamas attend a rally to support their candidates for the upcoming Jan. 25 legislative elections at the Jebaliya refugee camp , near Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. Polls show Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, posing a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party. Fatah has been weakened by accusations of corruption and its inability to halt growing lawlessness in Palestinian areas, much of it caused by rogue gunmen affiliated with Fatah.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 385 Palestinians carry the bodies of two Palestinian militants killed by Israeli troops during their funeral in the village of Atteil near the West Bank town of Tulkarm January 13, 2006. A Palestinian bomber blew himself up and Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in clashes on Thursday in the town of Jenin in the West Bank, security sources and Palestinian witnesses said. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 386 Palestinians carry the bodies of two Palestinian militants killed by Israeli troops during their funeral in the village of Atteil near the West Bank town of Tulkarm January 13, 2006. A Palestinian bomber blew himself up and Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in clashes on Thursday in the town of Jenin in the West Bank, security sources and Palestinian witnesses said. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 387 Palestinians carry the bodies of two Palestinian militants killed by Israeli troops during their funeral in the village of Atteil near the West Bank town of Tulkarm January 13, 2006. A Palestinian bomber blew himself up and Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in clashes on Thursday in the town of Jenin in the West Bank, security sources and Palestinian witnesses said. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini 388 An Israeli soldier gestures at Mustafa Barghuti (C), an independent candidate for the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections, during his pre-election tour in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron, January 13, 2006. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun 389 Supporters of the Islamic group Hamas carry Islamic green flags during a rally to support their candidates for the upcoming Jan. 25 legislative elections at the Jebaliya refugee camp , near Gaza City, in the nothern Gaza Strip Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. Polls show Hamas, running on a platform of clean government, posing a strong challenge to the ruling Fatah Party. Fatah has been weakened by accusations of corruption and its inability to halt growing lawlessness in Palestinian areas, much of it caused by rogue gunmen affiliated with Fatah.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 390 In this picture released by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, right, meets US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch in the West Bank town of Ramallah Friday Jan. 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Omar Rashidi/Palestinian Authority) 391 Supporters of the Islamic group Hamas carry Islamic green flags during a rally at the Jebaliya refugee camp, near Gaza City, in the nothern Gaza Strip Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. Hamas is poised to make a strong showing in the Jan. 25 Palestinian parliament elections in the West Bank and Gaza.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 392 Shlomo Mor-Yosef, Hadassah Hospital director, and anaesthesiologist Yoram Weiss (L) brief reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, January 10, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 393 Israeli Shimon Peres, the Labor Party elder statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who abandoned his party to join ailing Israeli Prime Minsiter Ariel Sharon's new party Kadima , arrives surrounded by security to a convention in Tel Aviv Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Ariel Sharon's centrist Kadima party has steadily gained support since the prime minister's Jan. 4 massive stroke, according to polls published Friday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit ) 394 Israeli Shimon Peres, the Labor Party elder statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who abandoned his party to join ailing Prime Minsiter Ariel Sharon's new party Kadima, makes a toast before speaking at a convention in Tel Aviv, Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Ariel Sharon's centrist Kadima party has steadily gained support since the prime minister's Jan. 4 massive stroke, according to polls published Friday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit ) 395 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a vote at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, March 28, 2005. Sharon's doctors are worried that they have not yet been able to wake him from an induced coma after he suffered a massive stroke, an Israeli news Web site reported on Friday. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 396 An unidentified woman looks out from a window at the Hadassah hospital where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Sharon's condition remains unchanged, critical but stable, according to a statement early Friday from Hadassah hospital. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 397 A Palestinian boy throws a stone at an Israeli army jeep during an arrest raid in the West Bank town of Jenin January 12, 2006. A Palestinian bomber blew himself up and Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in clashes on Thursday in the town of Jenin in the West Bank, security sources and Palestinian witnesses said. Picture taken January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Stringer 398 Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu is surrounded by bodyguards and supporters before voting in the party's primary election, at Tel Aviv's fairgrounds. Israel's acting prime minister said there could be no progress in the Middle East peace process if Hamas entered a Palestinian government, as a bomber blew himself up in the occupied West Bank.(AFP/Menahem Kahana) 399 Israeli Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu (C) arrives to vote for the Likud primary election in Tel Aviv, January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 400 Israel's Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, pictured here 08 January 2006, told US President George W. Bush that there could be no progress in the Middle East peace process if Hamas entered a Palestinian government.(AFP/File/Brian Hendler) 401 Israeli army vehicles drive past campaign posters for candidates in the upcoming Palestinian legislative elections, left, during an arrest raid in the West Bank town of Jenin Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. During the operation a Palestinian militant blew himself up and Israeli troops shot dead two others, Palestinian security officials said. The Israeli military said one man blew himself up next to an army squad searching a house for Palestinian militant leaders. No soldiers were injured, the military said. The militant Islamic Jihad said the three dead men were activists from the group, wanted by the Israelis and hiding out in Jenin. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) 402 Palestinians throw stones at an Israeli army jeep during an arrest raid in the West Bank town of Jenin Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. During the operation a Palestinian militant blew himself up and Israeli troops shot dead two others, Palestinian security officials said. The Israeli military said one man blew himself up next to an army squad searching a house for Palestinian militant leaders. No soldiers were injured, the military said. The militant Islamic Jihad said the three dead men were activists from the group, wanted by the Israelis and hiding out in Jenin. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) 403 Israeli army soldiers surround a building during an arrest raid in the West Bank town of Jenin Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. During the operation a Palestinian militant blew himself up and Israeli troops shot dead two others, Palestinian security officials said. The Israeli military said one man blew himself up next to an army squad searching a house for Palestinian militant leaders. No soldiers were injured, the military said. The militant Islamic Jihad said the three dead men were activists from the group, wanted by the Israelis and hiding out in Jenin. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) 404 Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Yousef briefs the media in Gaza city, in this Sunday July 17, 2005 file photo. Palestinian gunmen demanding jobs in the Palestinian Authority opened fire Thursday Jan. 12, 2006 on Yousef's house and the Palestinian Cabinet building, wounding a police officer, Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) 405 Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem March 27, 2005. Doctors could end Sharon's sedation on Thursday in the boldest bid yet to rouse him from an induced coma and assess brain damage caused by a massive stroke, medical sources said. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters) 406 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon takes part in the lighting ceremony of a Hanukkah candle at his Jerusalem office in this December 27, 2005 file photo. (Kevin Frayer/Pool/Reuters) 407 A Jewish man prays for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a synagogue in the Bulgarian capital Sofia January 12, 2006. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters) 408 Israeli Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and parliament member Natan Sheransky (with cap) arrive to vote for the Likud primary election in Tel Aviv, January 12, 2006. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters) 409 In this photo made available by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, center, meets with a delegation of Armenian priests, headed by Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, center left, in the West Bank town of Ramallah Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. (AP Photo/Omar Rashidi, Palestinian Authority) 410 An Israeli soldier (L) and a security guard look through binoculars near the West Bank settlement of Ofra, January 12, 2006. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters) 411 Surrounded by bodyguards and aides Israel's Likud Party leader and Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, arrives at a polling station to vote in the party's primaries in Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. The central committee of the Likud party was expected to choose a list of candidates Thursday for March 28 national elections, with polls showing the party losing more than half its strength from the last vote _ when Sharon was the leader. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 412 Ghazi Hamad, a Hamas leader in Gaza and a candidate in the January 25 ballot, is seen at Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip December 3, 2005. Hamas has omitted its long-standing call to destroy Israel from a manifesto for the Palestinian parliamentary election, a change of tone the Islamic militant group hopes can win it votes and Western acceptability. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters) 413 Israeli Likud parliament member and candidate Gilad Ardan run during a heavy rain to vote for the Likud primary election in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. Three of the rightist Likud party's four cabinet ministers resigned on Thursday in a move ordered by Benjamin Netanyahu but that had been put on hold after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke last week. The resignations will have no direct impact on the viability of Israel's caretaker government, led by interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, ahead of a March 28 general election. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 414 Israel's Likud Party leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes in the party's primaries in Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. The central committee of the Likud party was expected to choose a list of candidates Thursday for March 28 national elections, with polls showing the party losing more than half its strength from the last vote _ when Sharon was the leader. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 415 Israeli Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to vote for the Likud primary election in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. Three of the rightist Likud party's four cabinet ministers resigned on Thursday in a move ordered by Netanyahu but that had been put on hold after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke last week. The resignations will have no direct impact on the viability of Israel's caretaker government, led by interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, ahead of a March 28 general election. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 416 Israel's Likud Party leader and Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves after voting in the party's primaries in Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. The central committee of the Likud party was expected to choose a list of candidates Thursday for March 28 national elections, with polls showing the party losing more than half its strength from the last vote _ when Sharon was the leader. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 417 Israel's Likud Party leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves after votong in the party's primaries in Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. The central committee of the Likud party was expected to choose a list of candidates Thursday for March 28 national elections, with polls showing the party losing more than half its strength from the last vote _ when Sharon was the leader. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 418 Israel's Likud Party leader and Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes in the party's primaries in Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. The central committee of the Likud party was expected to choose a list of candidates Thursday for March 28 national elections, with polls showing the party losing more than half its strength from the last vote _ when Sharon was the leader. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 419 An ultra-orthodox Jew walks in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem early January 11, 2006. (Jonathan Weitzman/Reuters) 420 Members of television crews pack up their equipment from outside Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, in Jerusalem, January 11, 2006. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters) 421 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon takes part in the lighting ceremony of a Hanukkah candle at his Jerusalem office in this December 27, 2005 file photo. (Kevin Frayer/Pool/Reuters) 422 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in New York, May 23, 2005. Sharon showed movement on the left side of his body on Tuesday as doctors pressed on with efforts to rouse him from an induced coma, an Israeli news Web site said. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters) 423 A woman walks past a banner in support of the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where he remains in critical condition, Thursday Jan 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his Likud party's Cabinet ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 424 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with U.S. Senator Barack Obama, not seen, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) 425 A security guard makes a phone call outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, Thursday Jan 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his Likud party's Cabinet ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 426 Israeli members of the media take rest under a tent outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his Likud party's Cabinet ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 427 Israeli professor Arnon Soffer gives an interview about his book containing his forecast that Israel will cease to be a Jewish state unless it withdraws from occupied territories with fast-growing Palestinian populations, in Haifa January 11, 2006. Soffer, 70, who teaches at the University of Haifa, says his warnings helped convince Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to withdraw from the Gaza Strip last September. Picture taken January 11, 2006. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 428 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets with U.S. Senator Barack Obama, left, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Obama's 10-day tour of the Middle East included visits to Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) 429 Israeli professor Arnon Soffer holds a book containing his forecast that Israel will cease to be a Jewish state unless it withdraws from occupied territories with fast-growing Palestinian populations, in Haifa January 11, 2006. Soffer, 70, who teaches at the University of Haifa, says his warnings helped convince Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to withdraw from the Gaza Strip last September. Picture taken January 11, 2006. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 430 Omri Sharon, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where his father is in critical condition, Thursday Jan 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his Likud party's Cabinet ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 431 Omri Sharon, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where his father is in critical condition, Thursday Jan 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his Likud party's Cabinet ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 432 U.S. assistant Secretary of State, David Welsh listens to Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, not seen, prior to their meeting in Tel Aviv Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon improved but remained comatose in a hospital a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet.((AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 433 Israeli men walk past posters of veteran Israeli statesman Shimon Peres, who recently abandoned the Labour Party for Isreali Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new party Kadima, in Jerusalem January 12, 2006. Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert seems likely to receive the nod of other Kadima cabinet members to lead the party into the election. He has already been endorsed by Peres. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 434 Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz speaks prior to a meeting with U.S. assistant Secretary of State, David Welsh, not seen, in Tel Aviv Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon improved but remained comatose in a hospital a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 435 An orthodox Jew walks past posters showing veteran Israeli statesman Shimon Peres, who recently abandoned the Labour Party for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new party Kadima, in Jerusalem January 12, 2006. Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert seems likely to receive the nod of other Kadima cabinet members to lead the party into the election. He has already been endorsed by Peres. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 436 Members of television crews rest outside Hadassah Hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, in Jerusalem January 12, 2006. Doctors could end Sharon's sedation on Thursday in the boldest bid yet to rouse him from an induced coma and assess brain damage caused by a massive stroke. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 437 Omri Sharon, son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, arrives at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 12, 2006. Doctors could end Sharon's sedation on Thursday in the boldest bid yet to rouse him from an induced coma and assess brain damage caused by a massive stroke. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 438 An Israeli soldier stands near the unauthorized outpost of Amona close to the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ofra January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 439 An Israeli soldier (L) and a security guard look through binoculars near the unauthorized outpost of Amona close to the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ofra January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 440 An Israeli soldier looks through binoculars near the unauthorized outpost of Amona close to the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ofra January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh