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The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (help·info), Medinat Yisra'el; Arabic: دَوْلَةْ إِسْرَائِيل‎, Dawlat Isrā'īl) is a country in the Western Asian Levant, on the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon on the north, Syria and Jordan on the east, and Egypt on the south-west. It has a population of over seven million people. Israel declared independence in 1948 and is the world's only Jewish state, although its population includes citizens of many ethnic and religious backgrounds.

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Hamas security guards stand guard during a visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on March 21, 2010 of a UN-funded housing project for Palestinians who lost their homes in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis during the 2008-2009 Israeli offensive. Ban crossed into Gaza in the morning, expressing solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians and urging an end to an Israeli blockade of the Hamas-run territory. The UN chief said the blockade caused 'unacceptable sufferings' during his second visit to the impoverished coastal enclave since the 22-day Gaza War ended in January 2009. Hamas
Under a picture of Iran's late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. Iran
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Palestinians demonstrate on March 16, 2010 in Gaza City to protest the reopening of a 17th century synagogue in Jerusalem, amid growing unrest in the Holy City. Hamas had earlier declared a 'day of rage and alarm' over the inauguration of the rebuilt synagogue, which is near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, sacred to both Jews and Muslims, and which Palestinians fear is the first step in an Israeli plan to destroy the Old City compound and rebuild a Jewish temple on its ruins. Israel Gaza Crisis
A Palestinian woman walks with her donkey in the West Bank village of Mreiha, near Jenin, Monday, March 15, 2010. West Bank
Lebanese women from Hezbollah carry Palestinian, Lebanese and Hezbollah yellow flags, as they march toward the United Nations House during a rally in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 19, 2010. The rally was held to express support and solidarity for the Palestinians over the latest clashes in Jerusalem. Hezbollah
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) greets US Middle East envoy George Mitchell in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Mitchell is visiting in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced. The visit comes as the peace process has been thrown into disarray after Israel insisted it will go ahead with the construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem, in a move that has enraged Washington. Middle East
Palestinian and Syrian women shout slogans during a march held at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, near Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, against Israel's attempts to increase its influence and the rededication Monday of a historic synagogue in the Jewish quarter of the Old City. Syria
A giant portrait of Lebanon's late prime minister Rafik Hariri is seen beside a mosque named after him in Beirut, Lebanon Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007. Hariri, Lebanon's legendary prime minister was killed along with 22 people in a massive suicide truck bombing on Feb. 14, 2005. With the anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's slaying only days away, fears are increasing in downtown Beirut of a possibly explosive standoff between government supporters called to his gravesite and opposition protesters camped nearby. Lebanon
France's Consul General in Jerusalem Frederic Desagneaux (L) is challenged by Palestinian Majed al-Ossaili during a friendly football match between Palestinian players and foreign diplomats in the West Bank city of Hebron on March 21, 2010. Jerusalem
Head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command Ahmed Jibril, attends a conference called "The International Conference on National and Islamic Unification of Palestine Future" in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. Palestine
A Palestinian boy stands in the street in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Jerusalem's Mayor Nir Barkat has unveiled an ambitious development plan that would demolish dozens of Palestinian homes in Silwan to make way for a bustling tourist center, but agreed to a last-minute request from Israel's prime minister to consult Palestinian residents before breaking ground. East Jerusalem
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European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele (L) and Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha attend a joint news conference in Tirana on March 19, 2010. European Union
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Luis Fernandez, former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, speaks during a joint press conference with Avi Luzon (R), chairman of the Israel Football Association, at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010. Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team.

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Luis Fernandez, former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, speaks during a joint press conference with Avi Luzon (R), chairman of the Israel Football Association, at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010. Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team.

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Avi Luzon (R), chairman of the Israel Football Association, presents the jersey of the Israeli national football team to Luis Fernandez, former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, during a press conference at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010. Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli team.

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Avi Luzon (R), chairman of the Israel Football Association, presents the jersey of the Israeli national football team to Luis Fernandez, former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, during a press conference at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010. Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli team.

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Former Paris Saint Germain and Betar Jerusalem head coach Luis Fernandez speaks in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Luis Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team on Sunday. The Frenchman, who spent seven months coaching Betar Jerusalem in 2005/6, will replace current coach Dror Kashtan when his contract runs out on May 1. Israel was placed in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F alongside Croatia, Greece and Latvia after failing to qualify for this summer's World Cup.

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Former Paris Saint Germain and Betar Jerusalem head coach Luis Fernandez speaks in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Luis Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team on Sunday. The Frenchman, who spent seven months coaching Betar Jerusalem in 2005/6, will replace current coach Dror Kashtan when his contract runs out on May 1. Israel was placed in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F alongside Croatia, Greece and Latvia after failing to qualify for this summer's World Cup.

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Former Paris Saint Germain and Betar Jerusalem head coach Luis Fernandez, left, and Chairman of the Israel Football Association Avi Luzon hold the Israeli National soccer team shirt after their meeting in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Isreael, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Luis Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team on Sunday. The Frenchman, who spent seven months coaching Betar Jerusalem in 2005/6, will replace current coach Dror Kashtan when his contract runs out on May 1. Israel was placed in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F alongside Croatia, Greece and Latvia after failing to qualify for this summer's World Cup.

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Former Paris Saint Germain and Betar Jerusalem head coach Luis Fernandez, left, and Chairman of the Israel Football Association Avi Luzon hold the Israeli National soccer team shirt after their meeting in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Isreael, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Luis Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team on Sunday. The Frenchman, who spent seven months coaching Betar Jerusalem in 2005/6, will replace current coach Dror Kashtan when his contract runs out on May 1. Israel was placed in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F alongside Croatia, Greece and Latvia after failing to qualify for this summer's World Cup.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses during a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, not seen, in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who was touring the Gaza Strip Sunday wants a nearly three-year blockade of Gaza lifted and said Israel's recent opening of Gaza's borders to allow in window frames and other supplies to complete a 151-apartment U.N. housing project in southern Gaza was "a drop in a bucket of water."

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses during a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, not seen, in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who was touring the Gaza Strip Sunday wants a nearly three-year blockade of Gaza lifted and said Israel's recent opening of Gaza's borders to allow in window frames and other supplies to complete a 151-apartment U.N. housing project in southern Gaza was "a drop in a bucket of water."

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who was touring the Gaza Strip Sunday wants a nearly three-year blockade of Gaza lifted and said Israel's recent opening of Gaza's borders to allow in window frames and other supplies to complete a 151-apartment U.N. housing project in southern Gaza was "a drop in a bucket of water."

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who was touring the Gaza Strip Sunday wants a nearly three-year blockade of Gaza lifted and said Israel's recent opening of Gaza's borders to allow in window frames and other supplies to complete a 151-apartment U.N. housing project in southern Gaza was "a drop in a bucket of water."

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who was touring the Gaza Strip Sunday wants a nearly three-year blockade of Gaza lifted and said Israel's recent opening of Gaza's borders to allow in window frames and other supplies to complete a 151-apartment U.N. housing project in southern Gaza was "a drop in a bucket of water."

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who was touring the Gaza Strip Sunday wants a nearly three-year blockade of Gaza lifted and said Israel's recent opening of Gaza's borders to allow in window frames and other supplies to complete a 151-apartment U.N. housing project in southern Gaza was "a drop in a bucket of water."

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Luis Fernandez (R), former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, shakes hands with Avi Luzon, chairman of the Israel Football Association, before a meeting in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010.

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Luis Fernandez (R), former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, shakes hands with Avi Luzon, chairman of the Israel Football Association, before a meeting in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010.

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Former Paris Saint Germain and Betar Jerusalem head coach Luis Fernandez, right, and Chairman of the Israel Football Association Avi Luzon shake hands ahead of their meeting in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Luis Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team on Sunday. The Frenchman, who spent seven months coaching Betar Jerusalem in 2005/6, will replace current coach Dror Kashtan when his contract runs out on May 1. Israel was placed in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F alongside Croatia, Greece and Latvia after failing to qualify for this summer's World Cup.

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Former Paris Saint Germain and Betar Jerusalem head coach Luis Fernandez, right, and Chairman of the Israel Football Association Avi Luzon shake hands ahead of their meeting in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Luis Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team on Sunday. The Frenchman, who spent seven months coaching Betar Jerusalem in 2005/6, will replace current coach Dror Kashtan when his contract runs out on May 1. Israel was placed in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F alongside Croatia, Greece and Latvia after failing to qualify for this summer's World Cup.

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"I'm very happy to return to Israel and it is a great challenge for me to qualify Israel to the Euros. There are many talents here and I'm sure the team will succeed. I know Israeli football, the league and players. I see the..."


Luis Fernandez Mar 21 2010 10:02 PM from ESPN

"Don't do it for me. Don't do it for the Democratic Party ... Do it for the American people."


Barack Obama Mar 21 2010 9:30 PM from European Tribune - Community, Politics & Progress.

"You're here to represent your constituencies, and if you think your constituencies honestly shouldn't be helped, you shouldn't vote for this ... But if you agree the system's not working for ordinary families...then help us fix..."


Barack Obama Mar 21 2010 9:30 PM from European Tribune - Community, Politics & Progress.

"There's no looming insolvency ... I don't believe that Greece has any acute financial needs from the European community and that's what the Greek prime minister keeps telling me."


Angela Merkel Mar 21 2010 9:30 PM from European Tribune - Community, Politics & Progress.

"The US government and new administration claimed they wanted to have fair and correct relations, wrote letters and sent messages and even shouted through loudspeakers ‘we want to normalize relations with the Islamic Republic,’..."


Ali Khamenei Mar 21 2010 8:59 PM from Lebanon Daily Star

"The United States believes in the dignity of every human being and an international order that bends the arc of history in the direction of justice – a future where Iranians can exercise their rights, to participate fully in the..."


Barack Obama Mar 21 2010 8:59 PM from Lebanon Daily Star

"Israel has no intention of backing down in its argument with the United States over Israeli plans to build 1,600 apartments on disputed land in largely Arab East Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. Our..."


Benjamin Netanyahu Mar 21 2010 8:37 PM from UK Poli Blogs

"The US president called those street fighters civil rights activitists"


Ali Khamenei Mar 21 2010 5:42 PM from Jerusalem Post

"The new US administration ... said they are willing to normalize relations. But unfortunately in practice they did they opposite"


Ali Khamenei Mar 21 2010 5:42 PM from Jerusalem Post

"We will examine the issue with sharp vision to determine if it really is a friendship hand and a friendly intention or hostile one in a deceptive framework."


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Luis Fernandez, former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, speaks during a joint press conference with Avi Luzon (R), chairman of the Israel Football Association, at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010. Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team.

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Luis Fernandez, former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, speaks during a joint press conference with Avi Luzon (R), chairman of the Israel Football Association, at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010. Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team.

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Avi Luzon (R), chairman of the Israel Football Association, presents the jersey of the Israeli national football team to Luis Fernandez, former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, during a press conference at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010. Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli team.

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Avi Luzon (R), chairman of the Israel Football Association, presents the jersey of the Israeli national football team to Luis Fernandez, former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, during a press conference at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010. Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli team.

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Former Paris Saint Germain and Betar Jerusalem head coach Luis Fernandez speaks in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Luis Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team on Sunday. The Frenchman, who spent seven months coaching Betar Jerusalem in 2005/6, will replace current coach Dror Kashtan when his contract runs out on May 1. Israel was placed in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F alongside Croatia, Greece and Latvia after failing to qualify for this summer's World Cup.

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Former Paris Saint Germain and Betar Jerusalem head coach Luis Fernandez speaks in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Luis Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team on Sunday. The Frenchman, who spent seven months coaching Betar Jerusalem in 2005/6, will replace current coach Dror Kashtan when his contract runs out on May 1. Israel was placed in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F alongside Croatia, Greece and Latvia after failing to qualify for this summer's World Cup.

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Former Paris Saint Germain and Betar Jerusalem head coach Luis Fernandez, left, and Chairman of the Israel Football Association Avi Luzon hold the Israeli National soccer team shirt after their meeting in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Isreael, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Luis Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team on Sunday. The Frenchman, who spent seven months coaching Betar Jerusalem in 2005/6, will replace current coach Dror Kashtan when his contract runs out on May 1. Israel was placed in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F alongside Croatia, Greece and Latvia after failing to qualify for this summer's World Cup.

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Former Paris Saint Germain and Betar Jerusalem head coach Luis Fernandez, left, and Chairman of the Israel Football Association Avi Luzon hold the Israeli National soccer team shirt after their meeting in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Isreael, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Luis Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli national football team on Sunday. The Frenchman, who spent seven months coaching Betar Jerusalem in 2005/6, will replace current coach Dror Kashtan when his contract runs out on May 1. Israel was placed in Euro 2012 qualifying Group F alongside Croatia, Greece and Latvia after failing to qualify for this summer's World Cup.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses during a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, not seen, in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who was touring the Gaza Strip Sunday wants a nearly three-year blockade of Gaza lifted and said Israel's recent opening of Gaza's borders to allow in window frames and other supplies to complete a 151-apartment U.N. housing project in southern Gaza was "a drop in a bucket of water."

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses during a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, not seen, in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who was touring the Gaza Strip Sunday wants a nearly three-year blockade of Gaza lifted and said Israel's recent opening of Gaza's borders to allow in window frames and other supplies to complete a 151-apartment U.N. housing project in southern Gaza was "a drop in a bucket of water."

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