Zahava Gal-On, head of the Israeli left-wing Meretz party, in the Palestinian Authority's headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, 26 August 2012, after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Behind is a banner with the Palestinian flag and Abbas (R) portrait as well as that of PLO Chairman and former President Yasser Arafat (L). The meeting comes after Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman made public comments about the Palestinian leader. Photo by Issam Rimawi