In this photo made available by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, meets with Jerusalem religious leaders at the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, Monday Oct. 15, 2007. The time has come for establishing a Palestinian state and it is in the interest of the U.S. to do so, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday in one of her most forceful statements yet on the issue. (AP Photo/U.S. Embassy, Matty Stern, HO) Matty Stern