Palestinian president returns triumphantly from UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, third right, together with Cabinet Minister Moshe Yaalon, right, and Cabinet Secretary Zvi Hauser, second right, attend the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's Jerusalem office, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Israel has rejected the borders of a future Palestinian state the U.N. endorsed last week and on Friday, Israel announced it would press ahead plans to build thousands of settler homes.. And it is punishing the Palestinians further by withholding more than $100 million in taxes and other funds collected on their behalf. (AP Photo/Lior Mizrahi, Pool)