Amir Peretz
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz talks with the press after his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday, October 5, 2006. (UPI Photo/Ariel Schalit/POOL)
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