Sec. Rice and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak meet in Jerusalem
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak (L)shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before their meeting in a Jerusalem on March 5, 2008. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to return to negotiations with Israel, Rice announced and stressed that Hamas in the Gaza Strip should stop its rocket attacks against Israel, but did not call for a ceaasefire. (UPI Photo)
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