Secretary Rice Travels to Middle East September 20, 2007
Secretary Rice traveled to the Middle East to meet both Israeli and Palestinian leaders to begin preparations for an international peace conference.
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![Secretary Rice arrives in Israel for meetings with officials from Israel and the Palestinian Authority to continue discussions on advancing the development of a political horizon and the two state solution.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081104084831im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2007_09_18_israel2_140.jpg)
Secretary Rice arrives in Israel for meetings with officials from Israel and the Palestinian Authority. |
![Upon her arrival in Israel, Secretary Rice was met by the Foreign Ministry Chief of Protocol, Ambassador Itzhak Eldan.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081104084831im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2007_09_18_israel1_140.jpg)
Secretary Rice was met by the Foreign Ministry Chief of Protocol, Ambassador Itzhak Eldan. |
Secretary Rice meeting with Minister of Defense Barak and Chief of Staff Ashkenazi. |
![Secretary Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni hold a press conference at the Miniistry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081104084831im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2007_09_19_livnil1_140.jpg)
Secretary Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni hold a press conference. |
![Secretary Rice meeting with Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu at David Citadel Hotel Jerusalem.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081104084831im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2007_09_19_netanyahu1_140.jpg)
Secretary Rice meeting with Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu. |
Secretary Rice meets with Vice Premier Haim Ramon. |
![Secretary Rice meeting with President of Israel Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081104084831im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2007_09_20_peres1_140.jpg)
Secretary Rice and Israeli President Peres hold press conference. |
![Secretary Rice meeting with President of Israel Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081104084831im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2007_09_20_peres2_140.jpg)
Secretary Rice meets with Israeli President Peres in Jerusalem. |
![Secretary Rice meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Tel Aviv on September 19, 2007.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081104084831im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2007_09_19_ulmert1_140.jpg)
Secretary Rice meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. |
![Secretary Rice meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Tel Aviv on September 19, 2007.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081104084831im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2007_09_19_ulmert2_140.jpg)
Secretary Rice meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. |
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Released on September 20, 2007
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