Special Assistant To US President Dennis Ross Meets Israeli Defense Minister [Getty Images]

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - AUGUST 5: In this handout image provided by the U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv, Dennis Ross, Special Assistant to the President and Director for the Central Region at the National Security Council, with Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak after their meeting, on August 5, 2010 at the MOD in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv via Getty Images)

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