Israeli Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik speaks at a reception in her honor on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 18, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES) 

Israeli Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik raises her glass for a toast during a reception in her honor on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 18, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)(R) and Israeli Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik raise their glasses for a toast during a reception on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 18, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) receives a Bible from Speaker of the Parliament Dalia Itzik during his visit to the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 21, 2008. In the first address to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, by a British prime minister, Brown pledged to stand by Israel and said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to wipe the country off the map were "totally abhorrent". REUTERS/Ahikam Seri/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) and his wife Sarah (L) stand with Speaker of the Parliament Dalia Itzik (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 21, 2008. In the first address to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, by a British prime minister, Brown pledged to stand by Israel and said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to wipe the country off the map were "totally abhorrent". REUTERS/Lior Mizrahi/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (front C) and his wife Sarah stand with Speaker of the Parliament Dalia Itzik (front R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 21, 2008. In the first address to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, by a British prime minister, Brown pledged to stand by Israel and said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to wipe the country off the map were "totally abhorrent". REUTERS/Kobi Gideon/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) reviews the honour guard as he is escorted by Speaker of the Parliament Dalia Itzik during a welcoming ceremony at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 21, 2008. In the first address to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, by a British prime minister, Brown pledged to stand by Israel and said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to wipe the country off the map were "totally abhorrent". REUTERS/Kobi Gideon/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) is escorted by Speaker of the Parliament Dalia Itzik (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 21, 2008. In the first address to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, by a British prime minister, Brown pledged to stand by Israel and said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to wipe the country off the map were "totally abhorrent". REUTERS/Kobi Gideon/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) and his wife Sarah (L) are escorted by Speaker of the Parliament Dalia Itzik (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 21, 2008. In the first address to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, by a British prime minister, Brown pledged to stand by Israel and said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to wipe the country off the map were "totally abhorrent". REUTERS/Kobi Gideon/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (2nd L) reviews the honour guard as he is escorted by Speaker of the Parliament Dalia Itzik (3rd L) during a welcoming ceremony at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 21, 2008. In the first address to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, by a British prime minister, Brown pledged to stand by Israel and said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to wipe the country off the map were "totally abhorrent". REUTERS/Ahikam Seri/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (2nd L) and his wife Sarah (L) stand with Speaker of the Parliament Dalia Itzik (2nd R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 21, 2008. In the first address to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, by a British prime minister, Brown pledged to stand by Israel and said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to wipe the country off the map were "totally abhorrent". REUTERS/Ahikam Seri/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) and his wife Sarah (L) are escorted by Speaker of the Parliament Dalia Itzik (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 21, 2008. In the first address to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, by a British prime minister, Brown pledged to stand by Israel and said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to wipe the country off the map were "totally abhorrent". REUTERS/Ahikam Seri/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) and his wife Sarah (L) are escorted by Speaker of the Parliament Dalia Itzik (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem July 21, 2008. In the first address to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, by a British prime minister, Brown pledged to stand by Israel and said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats to wipe the country off the map were "totally abhorrent". REUTERS/Ahikam Seri/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Hadassah national president Nancy Falchuk (L) presents Israeli Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik (C) and her U.S. counterpart Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi after the two addressed members of Hadassah: The Women's Zionist Organization of America in Los Angeles July 13, 2008. REUTERS/Stefano Paltera/Handout (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) embraces her Israeli counterpart, Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik, as the two address members of Hadassah: The Women's Zionist Organization of America in Los Angeles July 13, 2008. REUTERS/Stefano Paltera/Handout (UNITED STATES) 

From L to R : Israel's President Shimon Peres poses with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Israeli singer Noa, French-Israeli singer Shirel during a state diner with Knesset President Dalia Itzik (seated-L) and her husband, in Jerusalem June 23, 2008. Picture taken June 23, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) waves as he walks with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (L) and Israeli Parliament speaker Dalia Itzik during a welcome ceremony at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem June 23, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) waves as he walks with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (L) and Israeli Parliament speaker Dalia Itzik during a welcome ceremony at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem June 23, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) waves as he walks with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (L) and Israeli Parliament speaker Dalia Itzik during a welcome ceremony at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem June 23, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Knesset President Dalia Itzik (R) welcomes French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (L) at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem June 23, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) waves as he walks with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (L) and Israeli Parliament's speaker Dalia Itzik during a welcome ceremony at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem June 23, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) waves as he walks with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (L) and Israeli Parliament's speaker Dalia Itzik during a welcome ceremony at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem June 23, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) walks with speaker of the Israeli parliament Dalia Itzik (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem June 23, 2008. Sarkozy is in Israel for a three-day official visit. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (L) gesture as they walk with speaker of the Israeli parliament Dalia Itzik (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem June 23, 2008. Sarkozy is in Israel for a three-day official visit.
REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Speaker of the Israeli parliament Dalia Itzik (R) and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speak to the media during Pelosi's visit at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem May 19, 2008. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM) 

Speaker of the Israeli parliament Dalia Itzik (2nd L) and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony for Pelosi at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem May 19, 2008. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM) 

Speaker of the Israeli parliament Dalia Itzik (R) and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony for Pelosi at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem May 19, 2008. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (R) and Israeli Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik lay a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (R) and Israeli Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik light the eternal flame, commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust, during a memorial ceremony at Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (R) looks at pictures of Jews killed in the Holocaust with the Israeli Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik during their visit to the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem May 16, 2008. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd L) and speaker of the Israeli parliament Dalia Itzik (L) review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony upon Bush's arrival at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (front row, 2nd L), U.S. first lady Laura Bush (front row L) and Dalia Itzik, speaker of the Israeli parliament, attend a welcoming ceremony upon Bush's arrival at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush (L) walk with Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik (R) at an outside arrival ceremony before his speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. President George W. Bush walks with Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik (R) at an arrival ceremony before his speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) talks to Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik (C) while Israeli President Shimon Peres (R) looks on following her speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) stands on stage with Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik (C) and Israeli President Shimon Peres (R) while the Israeli national anthem is played following his speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) gets a kiss from Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik (C) while Israeli President Shimon Peres (R) watches following his speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (C) bows his head after laying a wreath of remembrance outside of the Knesset before a speech to the legislative body in Jerusalem, May 15, 2008. From L-R are: Honor guard, first lady Laura Bush, Bush, Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik, and Honor guard. REUTERS/Larry Downing (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) hugs Israeli President Shimon Peres (R) following a speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik is in the foreground. REUTERS/Larry Downing (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) hugs Israeli President Shimon Peres (R) following a speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik is in the foreground. REUTERS/Larry Downing (JERUSALEM) 

U.S. President George W. Bush shares a laugh with Dalia Itzik (R), speaker of the Israeli parliament, during his visit to the parliament in Jerusalem May 15, 2008. Bush on Thursday toured the Roman-era desert fortress of Masada, a national symbol in Israel of Jewish fighting spirit and self-sacrifice against powerful enemies and overwhelming odds.
REUTERS/Ariel Schalit/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's parliament speaker Dalia Itzik (R) applauds after the address of German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the parliament in Jerusalem March 18, 2008. Merkel, addressing Israel's parliament in German and a smattering of Hebrew, said on Tuesday she bowed in shame to Holocaust victims and spoke of the danger of a nuclear Iran. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's parliament speaker Dalia Itzik (centre, L) walks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a welcoming ceremony for Merkel at the parliament in Jerusalem March 18, 2008. Merkel, addressing Israel's parliament in German and a smattering of Hebrew, said on Tuesday she bowed in shame to Holocaust victims and spoke of the danger of a nuclear Iran. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's parliament speaker Dalia Itzik (2nd R) walks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a welcoming ceremony for Merkel at the parliament in Jerusalem March 18, 2008. Merkel, addressing Israel's parliament in German and a smattering of Hebrew, said on Tuesday she bowed in shame to Holocaust victims and spoke of the danger of a nuclear Iran. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's parliament speaker Dalia Itzik (L) escorts German Chancellor Angela Merkel past an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony for Merkel at the parliament in Jerusalem March 18, 2008. Merkel, addressing Israel's parliament in German and a smattering of Hebrew, said on Tuesday she bowed in shame to Holocaust victims and spoke of the danger of a nuclear Iran. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's parliament speaker Dalia Itzik (2nd R) walks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a welcoming ceremony for Merkel at the parliament in Jerusalem March 18, 2008. Merkel, addressing Israel's parliament in German and a smattering of Hebrew, said on Tuesday she bowed in shame to Holocaust victims and spoke of the danger of a nuclear Iran. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's parliament Speaker Dalia Itzik (4th R) escorts German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a welcoming ceremony for Merkel at the parliament in Jerusalem March 18, 2008. Merkel began on Sunday a highly symbolic visit to Israel, where she will become the first German chancellor to address its parliament more than 60 years after the Nazi Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews. REUTERS/Sebastian Scheiner/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's President Shimon Peres (R), Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (2nd R), Speaker of Parliament Dalia Itzik (C) and other Israeli officials attend a memorial ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the assassination of the late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem October 24, 2007. REUTERS/Uriel Sinai/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R), President Shimon Peres (2nd R), Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (3rd R), Speaker of Parliament Dalia Itzik (C) and other Israeli officials attend a memorial ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the assassination of the late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem October 24, 2007. REUTERS/Uriel Sinai/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's Speaker of Parliament Dalia Itzik (R) shakes hands with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad during their meeting in Jerusalem October 21, 2007. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's Speaker of Parliament Dalia Itzik (R) meets Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Jerusalem October 21, 2007. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's comptroller Micha Lindenstraus (L) holds a copy of a report as he sits beside Parliament Speaker Dalia Itzik in Jerusalem July 18, 2007. Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced fresh criticism on Wednesday of his handling of a war in Lebanon, as a state audit accused him of failing to adequately protect Israeli civilians from rocket attacks. Lindenstrauss said Olmert and his deputies had failed gravely in decision making by not considering how Hezbollah rockets could paralyse nothern ISrael when it launched a war last July.
REUTERS/Mehahem Kahana/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's eldest statesman Shimon Peres (2nd L), accompanied by Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (L), arrives at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, before a swearing in ceremony in Jerusalem July 15, 2007. Nobel peace laureate Peres was sworn in as Israel's president on Sunday and pledged to seize the opportunity to encourage long-delayed efforts to achieve a diplomatic resolution to conflict in the Middle East. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's eldest statesman Shimon Peres (L) greets Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik after a swearing in ceremony at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem July 15, 2007. Nobel peace laureate Peres was sworn in as Israel's president on Sunday and pledged to seize the opportunity to encourage long-delayed efforts to achieve a diplomatic resolution to conflict in the Middle East. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's eldest statesman Shimon Peres (L), accompanied by Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (R), swears in as the Jewish state's ninth President during a ceremony at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem July 15, 2007. Nobel peace laureate Peres was sworn in as Israel's president on Sunday and pledged to seize the opportunity to encourage long-delayed efforts to achieve a diplomatic resolution to conflict in the Middle East. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's eldest statesman Shimon Peres (C), accompanied by Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (R), arrives at the Knesset, Israeli Parliament, before the swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem July 15, 2007. Nobel peace laureate Peres was sworn in as Israel's president on Sunday and pledged to seize the opportunity to encourage long-delayed efforts to achieve a diplomatic resolution to conflict in the Middle East. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's eldest statesman Shimon Peres (2nd L), accompanied by Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (R), arrives at the Knesset, Israeli Parliament, before the swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem July 15, 2007. Nobel peace laureate Peres was sworn in as Israel's president on Sunday and pledged to seize the opportunity to encourage long-delayed efforts to achieve a diplomatic resolution to conflict in the Middle East. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's eldest statesman Shimon Peres, accompanied by Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (3rd R), arrives at the Knesset, Israeli Parliament, before the swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem July 15, 2007. Nobel peace laureate Peres was sworn in as Israel's president on Sunday and pledged to seize the opportunity to encourage long-delayed efforts to achieve a diplomatic resolution to conflict in the Middle East. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool (JERUSALEM) 

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R), Israel's Parliament speaker and acting President Dalia Itzik (C) and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Richard H. Jones attend a ceremony marking the U.S. Independence Day in Herzliya July 3, 2007. REUTERS/Ariel Schalit/Pool (ISRAEL) 

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (C), Israel's Parliament speaker and acting President Dalia Itzik (2nd L) and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Richard H. Jones (L) attend a ceremony marking the U.S. Independence Day in Herzliya July 3, 2007. REUTERS/Ariel Schalit/Pool (ISRAEL)