Jewish-American Jack Teitel, sits inside a courtroom before the beginning of his trial in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Teitel was charged last month with shooting to death two Palestinians and trying to kill others with explosive devices and poison in 1997. According to the indictment Teitel, originally from Florida, sought to avenge the deaths of Israelis killed by Palestinian militants.
(AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)