ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-TALKS

From left to right, Palestinian Parliament Speaker Abu Ala'a Qorei, PLO second-in-command Mahmud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Foreign Minister David Levy and chief negotiator Oded Eran sit at the start of their meeting at the Erez Crossing to the Gaza Strip 03 February 2000 to try to revive the negociations over the final status of the Palestinian territories. Arafat abruptly left the summit because of a dispute over the maps for a further Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, according to Levy. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)