Palestinian Authority president and head of the Fatah movement Mahmud Abbas attends a Fatah "Revolutionary Council" meeting in the Palestinian West Bank city of Ramallah along with top officials on October 26, 2011, as the Fatah Revolutionary Council members continue discussing the bid for UN membership, and a French compromise proposal which would see the Palestinian status upgraded to that of a non-member state. photo by:Issam Rimawi flash90

Palestinian Authority president and head of the Fatah movement Mahmud Abbas attends a Fatah "Revolutionary Council" meeting in the Palestinian West Bank city of Ramallah along with top officials on October 26, 2011, as the Fatah Revolutionary Council members continue discussing the bid for UN membership, and a French compromise proposal which would see the Palestinian status upgraded to that of a non-member state. photo by:Issam Rimawi flash90

Handout photo supplied by the Israel Antiquity Authorities showing an excavation site near "Givati parking" in jerusalem, where a miniature box of ancient Christian prayers was found. Photo by israel Antiquity Authorities/FLASH90

U.S. Congressman Gary Ackerman (L) Ilan Grapel (C) and Grapel's mother seen at a press conference at the King David hotel in Jerusalem, October 27, 2011. Grapel, who has been held in Egypt for over four months on espionage charges, was released today in exchange for 25 Egyptian prisoners. Photo by FLASH90