1998-2010: Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks (20 images)

US Vice President Joe Biden (L) greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) on his arrival to the Palestinian presidential compound in Ramallah, West Bank, March 10, 2010. Biden calls for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to restart promptly, though Palestinians contest new settlement project in Jerusalem. UPI/Debbie Hill

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a press conference in Jerusalem on October 31, 2009. Clinton said that the settlement freeze in the West Bank is not a pre-condition for the resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, whereas Palestinians ask Israel to stop settlement building for peace talks to resume. UPI/Dan Balilty/Pool

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) watches Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) shake hands at a trilateral meeting at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on September 22, 2009. This trilateral summit is considered as a renewal of talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Several guiding principles, such as a temporarily or partially freeze settlement building, are announced. UPI/John Angelillo

President George W. Bush (C) looks on as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) shake hands during the opening session of a Middle East Peace Conference at the U. S Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on November 27, 2007. After a seven-year hiatus, Olmert and Abbas reach a “Joint Understanding,” in which they agree to launch continuous bilateral negotiations to conclude a peace treaty by the end of 2008 and to further "the goal of two states, Israel and Palestine". (UPI Photo/Dennis Brack/POOL)