UK Minister for the Middle East Visits Israel
UK Minister for the Middle East Bill Rammell (right) examines pieces of shrapnel left over from alleged Palestinian rocket attacks during a visit with residents of Kibbutz Kfar Azza on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip as British Ambassador to Israel Tom Phillips (center) looks on, December 21, 2008. (UPI Photo/Mati Milstein/British Embassy)
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