DAMASCUS, SYRIA - JANUARY 23: Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary General Ramadan Shallah (L), listens to Bassam al-Shakaa (R), the head of the three-day National Palestinian Conference during the opening of the National Palestinian Meeting on January 23, 2008 in Damascus, Syria Oposition Palestinian factions gathered with representatives of Hizbullah and Iran, in a summit aiming to reform the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). (Photo by Salah Malkawi/Getty Images)