United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, delivers a statement following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not seen, at a Jerusalem hotel, Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Bringing Israel’s prime minister and the Palestinian president together, Rice was hoping to discuss major issues in general terms, hampered by an incoming Palestinian government that would not explicitly recognize Israel.PHOTO BY Lior Mizrahi