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A masked Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling-shot to hurl stones at Israeli troops, not pictured, during the weekly demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, May 20, 2011. President Barack Obama on Thursday finally uttered the words the Palestinians had been waiting to hear for two years: that the basis for border talks with Israel is the pre-1967 war line. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinians, Israelis and foreign demonstrators run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops, during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, May 20, 2011. President Barack Obama on Thursday finally uttered the words the Palestinians had been waiting to hear for two years: that the basis for border talks with Israel is the pre-1967 war line. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli soldiers patrol the Lebanese-Israeli border as seen from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila May 20, 2011. Security sources said both Israeli and Lebanese armies were on alert in case of protests by Palestinian refugees at the border after Friday prayers. Reuters/Ali Hashisho

Palestinian protesters attend Friday prayers near the borders with Israel in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza strip May 20, 2011. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Palestinian protesters carry a wounded man during clashes with Israeli troops near the borders with Israel in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza strip May 20, 2011. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Israeli soldiers, left, take their position in the Israeli border side, as a poster of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, right, is seen set at the Lebanese-Israeli border at Kfar Kila village, southern Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. The Israeli army is beefing up its security apparently in anticipation of rallies of Palestinian refugees on the Lebanese-Israel border like the one the accured on Sunday. The Arbic words in the poster read:'you are the truthful pledge'. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

File photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office. US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were on a collision course over the shape of an elusive peace with the Palestinians ahead of Oval Office talks Friday. (AFP/File/Gali Tibbon)

A Palestinian youth waves his national flag as he takes cover during clashes with Israeli border police in the Shufat refugee camp on the outskirts of Jerusalem on May 15, 2011. US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were on a collision course over the shape of an elusive peace with the Palestinians ahead of Oval Office talks Friday. (AFP/File/Ahmad Gharabli)

US President Barack Obama speaks on the events in the Middle East and North Africa at the State Department in Washington, DC, May 19, 2011. Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were on a collision course over the shape of an elusive peace with the Palestinians ahead of Oval Office talks Friday. (AFP/Jim Watson)

A Palestinian labourer works on a construction site in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim May 19, 2011. Palestinian officials on Friday condemned an Israeli plan to build 1,550 housing units on annexed land around Jerusalem, authorized the day Israeli Prime Minister set off for talks in Washington. Picture taken May 19, 2011. Reuters/Ronen Zvulun

Palestinian labourers work on a construction site in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim May 19, 2011. Palestinian officials on Friday condemned an Israeli plan to build 1,550 housing units on annexed land around Jerusalem, authorized the day Israeli Prime Minister set off for talks in Washington. Picture taken May 19, 2011. Reuters/Ronen Zvulun

US President Barack Obama speaks on the events in the Middle East and North Africa at the State Department in Washington, DC. Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were on a collision course over the shape of an elusive peace with the Palestinians ahead of Oval Office talks Friday. (AFP/Jim Watson)

US President Barack Obama (R) hugs Secretary of State Hillary Cinton prior to a speech on the events in the Middle East and North Africa at the State Department in Washington, DC. Obama declared Thursday that the borders of Israel and a Palestinian state must be based on 1967 lines, likely setting up a new clash with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AFP/Jim Watson)

A partial view shows the Jewish settlement of Har Homa on the outskirts of mostly Arab east Jerusalem, near the West Bank biblical town of Bethlehem, in 2010. An Israeli government committee on Thursday approved the construction of 900 homes in Har Homa. (AFP/File/Jack Guez)

The east Jerusalem Jewish settlement of Pisgat Zeev (L) is pictuerd in 2010. An Israeli government committee on Thursday approved the construction of 620 homes in the settlement neighbourhood of Pisgat Zeev (AFP/File/Ahmad Gharabli)

Palestinian lawmaker Mushir Al Masri, watches President Obama's speech during an interview with the Associated Press in Gaza City, Thursday, May 19, 2011. President Barack Obama is endorsing the Palestinians' demand for their future state to be based on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war, in a move that will likely infuriate Israel. Israel says the borders of a Palestinian state have to be determined through negotiations. (AP Photo /Adel Hana)

Egyptians watch on television U.S. President Barack Obama's policy address, at a coffee shop in Cairo, Egypt Thursday, May 19, 2011. President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on 'permanent occupation.' (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

A Pakistani watches a live TV broadcast of U.S. President Barack Obama's speech on events in the Middle East, at his home in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, May 19, 2011. Trying to advance debate in the explosive Middle East, President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation that is based on 'permanent occupation.' (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

U.S. President Barack Obama is seen on a television in the background of a barber shop in Al Amari refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah May 19, 2011. Obama in a Middle East speech on Thursday rejected what he called an effort to isolate Israel at the United Nations in September. Reuters/Mohamad Torokman

A Palestinian barber shaves a customer during a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian workers wait to cross a checkpoint to work in Israel at the separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem early Thursday, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

n this Wednesday, April 17, 2011 picture T-shirts for sale are displayed in a souvenir shop in Jerusalem«s Old City. President Barack Obama is endorsing the Palestinians' demand for their future state to be based on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war, in a move that will likely infuriate Israel. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

An Israeli settlement is seen in the top of a hill near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, April 19, 2011. President Barack Obama is endorsing the Palestinians' demand for their future state to be based on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war, in a move that will likely infuriate Israel. Israel says the borders of a Palestinian state have to be determined through negotiations. In a speech outlining U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa, Obama on Thursday sided with the Palestinians' opening position a day ahead of a visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

The Arab Revolution of 2011