A Palestinian woman holds a sapling during an anti-Israel protest in Khuzaa in the southern Gaza Strip April 7, 2009. U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, will go to Israel and the Palestinian territories next week to try to push the stalled peace process forward, the State Department said on Monday. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)