October 4, 2006
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice waves to journalists as he stands next to Palestinians President Mahmud Abbas following a joint press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah October 4, 2006. Abbas told Rice that any future Palestinian government would have to respect past Israeli-Palestinian peace deals. "Today we say that any government to be formed has to ... honor all kinds of agreements that were signed in the past," Abbas said at a press conference with Rice. (Photo by PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)