PEACE ON THE BACKBURNER: Prospects of a resumption of peace talks in the Middle East have receded following positions taken by Israel and Palestine on the Goldstone report. The photo shows Jordanians near a protest-fire in Amman, on Jan. 5, 2009. Photos: AP
SERIOUS VIOLATIONS: The Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, headed by former South African Judge, Richard Goldstone, in picture, had concluded that the three-week Gaza War, at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, was "a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorise a civilian population."
OUTRAGE ON THE STREETS: Palestinian demonstrators raise flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to withdraw support for the Goldstone report that alleged Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in last winter's Gaza war, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Oct. 5, 2009.
A STRONG DENUNCIATION: The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Oct. 12, 2009, vowed never to allow Israeli leaders or soldiers to stand trial for war crimes over their actions during last winter's military offensive in the Gaza Strip. All photos: AP
BRANDED A TRAITOR: Palestinian Hamas supporters burn posters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a protest in the Nusseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip on Oct. 9, 2009. Mr. Abbas has been weakened by public protests against his decision not to pursue war crimes charges against Israel over the Gaza fighting earlier this year. The poster reads ''To the garbage of the history you traitor Mahmoud Abbas ''.
RALLYING BEHIND ABBAS: A Palestinian supporter of the ruling Fatah party chants anti-Israel slogans, during a rally supporting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Oct. 8, 2009. The rally took place amid growing criticism among Palestinians of Mr. Abbas' decision to suspend action on a U.N. report on Gaza war crimes.
UNDER SEIGE: A Palestinian protester tosses a shoe at a poster of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a demonstration in Gaza City, on Oct. 7, 2009. A group of Palestinian teachers and protesters hurled shoes at a large poster of Mr. Abbas, a severe insult targeting his decision to suspend action on a U.N. report on Gaza war crimes. The Arabic writing on the poster reads: "To the trash heap of history, you traitor, Mahmoud Abbas."
UP IN SMOKE: The aftermath of explosions caused by Israeli military operations in Gaza City on Jan. 13, 2009.
DECADES OF VIOLENCE: Smoke rises from the United Nations headquarters after it was hit during Israeli bombardment of Gaza City, on Jan. 15, 2009.
HITTING FROM THE SKY: A pall of smoke rises after an explosion from an Israeli missile strike on the Hamas controlled Islamic University in Gaza City on Dec. 29, 2008.
CASUALTIES OF CONFLICT: Palestinian children and a man wounded in Israeli missile strikes are seen in the emergency area at Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on Dec. 27, 2008.
SCORCHED CHILDHOOD: A Palestinian girl passes by a house destroyed during Israel's three-week offensive in Gaza earlier this year, in Jabaliya on June 1, 2009.
THE ROLL OF THE DEAD: Palestinian police officers look at a banner with portraits of Hamas security officers who they say were killed during fighting, displayed in an exhibition, in Gaza City on Aug. 3, 2009.