US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Israel Defence Minister Ehud Barak pose for a picture before a breakfast meeting at the David Citadel hotel in Jerusalem. Rice on Sunday urged Israel to take more concrete steps to ease the lives of West Bank Palestinians on her latest trip to the region to boost peace efforts.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) holds a joint news conference with Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem May 4, 2008. 
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Palestinian negotiator with Israel Saeb Erekat, are seen as Rice arrives at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, May 4, 2008.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah May 4, 2008. Rice met Abbas on Sunday after discussions with Israeli leaders on ways to ease restrictions on Palestinians and move peace talks forward.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah May 4, 2008. Rice on Sunday pressed Israel to ease travel restrictions on Palestinians and called Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank "particularly problematic".
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (C) walk together after their joint news conference at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah May 4, 2008