Drop your weapon
An Israeli infantry soldier rests during military operations in the occupied Palestinian Gaza Strip in 2000. This image appears in my non-fiction book My New Middle East, which was a finalist for the 2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award.
William Hague held talks with FM Avigdor Lieberman and the parents of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Click here for the full gallery. Photos by Mati Milstein