A Palestinian supporter of the ruling Fatah party holds up a picture of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during a rally supporting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Israel's president Shimon Peres on Saturday called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)