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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses during a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, not seen, in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who was touring the Gaza Strip Sunday wants a nearly three-year blockade of Gaza lifted and said Israel's recent opening of Gaza's borders to allow in window frames and other supplies to complete a 151-apartment U.N. housing project in southern Gaza was "a drop in a bucket of water."

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who was touring the Gaza Strip Sunday wants a nearly three-year blockade of Gaza lifted and said Israel's recent opening of Gaza's borders to allow in window frames and other supplies to complete a 151-apartment U.N. housing project in southern Gaza was "a drop in a bucket of water."

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, who was touring the Gaza Strip Sunday wants a nearly three-year blockade of Gaza lifted and said Israel's recent opening of Gaza's borders to allow in window frames and other supplies to complete a 151-apartment U.N. housing project in southern Gaza was "a drop in a bucket of water."

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) shakes hands with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak during a meeting on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban slammed Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a tour of the war-battered coastal territory, saying it was causing 'unacceptable suffering.'

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) shakes hands with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak during a meeting on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban slammed Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a tour of the war-battered coastal territory, saying it was causing 'unacceptable suffering.'

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) speaks to the press during a meeting with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban slammed Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a tour of the war-battered coastal territory, saying it was causing 'unacceptable suffering.'

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) speaks to the press during a meeting with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Ban slammed Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a tour of the war-battered coastal territory, saying it was causing 'unacceptable suffering.'

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) shakes hands with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak during a meeting in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Ban slammed Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a tour of the war-battered coastal territory, saying it was causing 'unacceptable suffering.'

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) shakes hands with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak during a meeting in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Ban slammed Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a tour of the war-battered coastal territory, saying it was causing 'unacceptable suffering.'