Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, President Bush, center, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, clasp hands at the start of the Mideast conference at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. President Bush hopes the Annapolis Conference will be the launch of the first Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in seven years.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses opening session of the Mideast peace conference at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses the opening session of the Mideast peace conference at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007.
Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa watches as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, President Bush and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas speak Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, during the Annapolis Conference at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahayan, left, and Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan listen as President Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas speak Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, during the Annapolis Conference at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal takes his seat prior to the opening session of the Mideast conference at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. President Bush hopes the Annapolis Conference will launch the first Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in seven years.
President Bush, center, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, pose for photographers prior to the start of the Middle East peace summit in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007.
President Bush, center, conducts a trilateral meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, at the Middle East peace summit in Annapolis, Md.
Middle East peace envoy, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, talks with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon prior to the start of the Mideast conference, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
President Bush, center, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas walk to the opening session of the Mideast conference at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007.
The stage is set for the Annapolis Conference hosted by President Bush in an effort to advance Mideast peace between Israel and Palestine, in Memorial Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. Mr. Bush, Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas spoke in the hall later Tuesday.
Seats are marked and arranged for the Annapolis Conference hosted by President Bush in an effort to advance Mideast peace between Israel and Palestine, in Memorial Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007.
President Bush, left, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice walk from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, as they leave to attend the Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Md.
Former Secretary of State Collin Powell, right, greets Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak , Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, in Washington.
President Bush raises his glass during toast at a dinner for participants of the Annapolis Mideast Conference hosted by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007.