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Eli Harold, Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid knien während der Nationalhymne, 2016

In this Oct. 2, 2016 file photo, from left, San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Colin Kaepernick und Eric Reid knien während der Nationalhymne, 2016

In this Oct. 2, 2016, file photo, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, left, and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Eric Reid und Colin Kaepernick knien während der Nationalhymne, 2016

In this Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, file photo, San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid (35) and quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Kinder in einem zerstörten Haus in Aleppo, 2016

In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 photo, children peer from a partially destroyed home in Aleppo, Syria. The fighting around Syria's largest city of Aleppo has brought government forces closer to the Turkish border than at any point in recent years, routing rebels from key areas and creating a humanitarian disaster as tens of thousands of people flee. (Alexander Kots/Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP)

Flüchtlinge vor der Küste von Lesbos, 2015

Refugees and migrants arrive safely to a beach after crossing the Aegean sea on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Most nations along Europe's refugee corridor, except Greece, abruptly shut their borders Thursday to those not coming from war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan or Iraq, leaving thousands desperately seeking a better life in the continent stranded at Balkan border crossings. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

Palästinensischer Anwalt tritt einen Tränengaskörper weg, Westjordanland, 2015

A lawyer wearing his official robes kicks a tear gas canister back toward Israeli soldiers during a demonstration by scores of Palestinian lawyers called for by the Palestinian Bar Association in solidarity with protesters at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, near Ramallah, West Bank, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. In recent weeks, at least 25 Palestinians, including nine attackers, have been killed by Israeli forces, while five Israelis have been killed in attacks. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Gewalttätige Demonstration in Nablus, 2015

Palestinians burn tires during Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that he will use a 'strong hand' to quell violent Palestinian protests and deadly attacks, signaling that the current round of violence is bound to escalate at a time when a political solution to the conflict is increasingly distant. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palästinensischer Steinwerer in Ramallah, 2015

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot during clashes following a demonstration in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Two Palestinian youths were killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Monday as fears spread of a further escalation in violence that has already killed several Israeli civilians and wounded hundreds of Palestinian protesters over the past days. The Red Crescent says 456 Palestinians have been injured in the violent protests over the last two days alone. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Anti-Assad-Demonstration in der Türkei, 2015

A demonstrators holds a placards with a picture depicting Syrian President Bashar Assad, during a protest against Russian military operations in Syria, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. In ramping up its military involvement in Syria's civil war, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be betting that the West, horrified by Islamic State's atrocities, may be willing to tolerate Assad for a while, perhaps as part of a transition. (AP Photo)

Schlauchboot an der Küste von Kos, 2015

An abandoned rubber dinghy is left abandoned on the beach by migrants, following a failed attempt to cross from near the coastal town of Bodrum, Turkey, to the Greek island of Kos, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015. The city of Bodrum, a magnet for wealthy tourists, is these days drawing plenty of other visitorsó migrants fleeing conflicts in the Middle East and Africa and seeking a better life in Europe. At its closest point, the Greek island of Kos is only 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from Turkey and migrants, mostly from Syria, but also from Afghanistan, Iran and African nations often try to cross in groups upward of eight people in small inflatable plastic boats meant for a maximum of four, powered by tiny electric outboard motors and plastic paddles. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Flüchtlinge an der Küste von Lesbos, 2015

Migrants from Syria and Afghanistan arrive on an overcrowded dinghy from the Turkish coasts to the Greek island of Lesbos, Monday, July 27, 2015. Nearly 50,000 people have illegally entered the country this year, mostly Syrian refugees who risk the sea crossing from Turkey in dangerous, overcrowded boats. From Greece, most try to continue north through the Balkans to more affluent European countries such as Germany. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

Flüchtlinge an der Küste von Lesbos, 2015

Barack Obama beim Besuch in Kenia, 2015

A Kenyan woman reaches out across a sea of hands as she tries to shake the hand of President Barack Obama, as he walks past the crowd after delivering a speech at the Safaricom Indoor Arena in the Kasarani area of Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, July 26, 2015. Obama is traveling on a two-nation African tour where he will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Kenya and Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Palästinenser auf dem Weg nach Jerusalem, 2015

Palestinian men walk past a section of Israel's separation barrier to cross the Qalandia checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, Friday, July 3, 2015.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palästinensischer Demonstranten bei Nablus im Westjordanland, 2015

Palestinians protesters prepare to throw stones towards Israeli troops during clashes after a rally marking Nakba Day, at Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus , Saturday, May 16, 2015. Palestinians annually mark the Nakba Day, or the Day of the Catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their towns during the first Israeli-Arab war in 1948. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Flüchtlingslager bei Kobani, Syrien 2015

Syrian refugees who fled violence in Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, known also as Kobani, seen outside their tents in a camp in the border town of Suruc, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. About 200,000 people arrived in Turkey since the start of fighting between Kurdish militia and Islamic State militants mid-September, 2014.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Kurdischer Kämpfer in Syrien, 2015

In this picture taken Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, a Syrian Kurdish sniper looks at the rubble in the Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobani. The Islamic State group has acknowledged for the first time that its fighters have been defeated in the Syrian town of Kobani and vowed to attack the town again. (AP Photo)

Syrisches Flüchtlingsmädchen im Nordirak, 2015

FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, an Iraqi girl from the Yazidi minority carries firewood on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq. Forty percent of children from five conflict-scarred Middle Eastern countries are not in school, the U.N. child welfare agency said in a report Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, warning of a lost generation and a dim future for the region. UNICEF said 13.7 million out of 34 million school age children in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Sudan are not getting an education, almost double the number five years ago. (AP Photo/ Seivan Selim, File)

Ziad Abu Ain bei einer Demonstration im Westjordanland, 2014

An Israeli soldier pushes Palestinian Cabinet member Ziad Abu Ain, left, during a protest in the village of Turmus Aya near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Abu Ain died shortly after the protest in which witnesses said Israeli troops fired tear gas at him and dozens of Palestinians marchers. Witnesses also said Abu Ain, was beaten by an Israeli soldier. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Ziad Abu Ain, Ramallah 2014

Palestinian Cabinet member Ziad Abu Ain, left, takes part in a protest against Israeli settlements in the village of Turmus Aya near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Abu Ain died shortly after the protest in which witnesses said Israeli troops fired tear gas at him and dozens of Palestinians marchers. Witnesses also said Abu Ain was beaten by an Israeli soldier. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palästinensischer Demonstrant und israelischer Soldat bei Ramallah, 2014

An Israeli soldier pulls a Palestinian during a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the village of Turmus Aya near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Palestinian Cabinet minister Ziad Abu Ain Abu Ain died shortly after the protest in which witnesses said Israeli troops fired tear gas at him and dozens of Palestinians marchers. Witnesses also said Abu Ain, was beaten by an Israeli soldier. The events began with a march by several dozen Palestinians who headed to agricultural land near Turmus Aya to plant olive tree saplings, participants said. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Ruinen in Kobane in Syrien, 2014

This Nov. 20, 2014 photo shows an area controlled by the Islamic State group, past the Qada Azadi roundabout, foreground, in Kobani, Syria. Amid the wasteland and destroyed buildings, a sense of camaraderie has developed among the town's defenders who have doggedly fought off militant advances for more than two months. (AP Photo/Jake Simkin)

Kurdische Flüchtlinge im Flüchtlingslager, 2014

A Syrian Kurdish refugee girl from the Kobani area holds a baby at a refugee camp in Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Rauch eines amerikanischen Luftangriffs bei Kobani, 2014

Syrian Kurd Kiymet Ergun, 56, gestures as she celebrates in Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, as thick smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Kobani, Syria as fighting continued between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Türkisches Militär bei Kobani, 2014

Turkish soldiers stand with a tank and an armoured vehicle as they hold their positions on a hilltop in the outskirts of Suruc, Turkey, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking smoke rising from a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Irakische Soldaten mit einer Fahne des IS im Irak, 2014

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct . 7, 2014 file photo, Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The Islamic State group may be sprouting tentacles across the region but it is struggling in Syria, part of its heartland, where it has stalled or even lost ground in fighting with multiple enemies on multiple fronts. There are signs of tensions and powers struggles emerging among its ranks of foreign jihadis. (AP Photo, File)

Türkisches Militär bei Kobani, 2014

Turkish forces officers backdropped by tanks stand on a hilltop in the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani in Syria where fighting had ben intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Türkische Kurden bei Kobani, 2014

Turkish Kurds watch fighting between Islamic militants and Kurdish forces to the west of Kobani, Syria, at the Turkey-Syria border near Suruc, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted fighters, vehicles and artillery pieces of the Islamic State group on both sides of the Syria-Iraq frontier Tuesday, including around a beleaguered Kurdish town near the Syrian-Turkish border that is under assault by the militants, activists said. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish soldiers, Hatay 2014

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 file photo, Turkish soldiers stand on a road near Hacipasa, Hatay, Turkey. At the peak of Turkey's oil smuggling boom, the main transit point was a dusty hamlet called Hacipasa on the Orontes River that marks the border with Syria. Hacipasa has been a smuggling haven for decades, authorities and residents say. The fuel had come from oil wells in Iraq or Syria controlled by militants, including the Islamic State group, and was sold to middle men who smuggled it across the Turkish-Syrian border. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Flüchtlinge in der Türkei, 2014

Syrian refugee children at the border in Suruc, Turkey, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Several thousand Syrians, most of them Kurds, crossed into Turkey on Friday to find refuge from Islamic State militants who have barreled through dozens of Kurdish villages in northern Syria in the past 48 hours. (AP Photo)

Geteilte Gehwege für Handynutzer in China, 2014

In this photo taken Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, residents walk on a lane painted with instructions to separate those using their phones as they walk from others in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The Chinese city took a cue from a U.S. TV program and created a sidewalk with a separate lane for those with heads tucked into smartphones, as a reminder not to tweet while walking the street.(AP Photo)

Barack Obama, Washington D.C. 2014

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. The U.S. and its allies are trying to hammer out a coalition to push back the Islamic State group in Iraq. But any serious attempt to destroy the militants or even seriously degrade their capabilities means targeting their infrastructure in Syria. That, however, is far more complicated. If it launches airstrikes against the group in Syria, the U.S. runs the risk of unintentionally strengthening the hand of President Bashar Assad, whose removal the West has actively sought the past three years. Uprooting the Islamic State, which has seized swaths of territory in both Syria and Iraq, would potentially open the way for the Syrian army to fill the vacuum. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Konfrontation von Palästinensern und israelischer Armee im Gazastreifen, 2014

Palestinian protesters face Israeli soldiers, following a demonstration to support people in Gaza and Palestinian negotiators in Cairo, Egypt, during clashes near the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Israel and Hamas are observing a five-day cease-fire which began at midnight Wednesday, in an attempt to allow talks between the sides in Cairo to continue. The negotiations are meant to secure a substantive end to the monthlong war and draw up a roadmap for the coastal territory of Gaza, which has been hard-hit in the fighting. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Palästinensischer Junge in Jenin im Westjordanland, 2014

A Palestinian boy holds a toy gun as supporters of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement chant slogans against the Israeli military action in Gaza, during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Jenin on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Hamas-Sympathisanten im nördlichen Gazastreifen, 2014

Palestinian Hamas supporters chant islamic slogans during a demonstration against the Israeli military operations in the West Bank in Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Fahrzeug mit Kämpfern des IS in Mosul, 2014

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. The Islamic State group is often described as the most fearsome jihadi outfit of all: a global menace outweighing al-Qaida, with armies trembling before its advance. But while the group has been successful at seizing parts of Iraq and Syria, it is no unstoppable juggernaut. (AP Photo, File)

Kämpfer des IS im Irak, 2014

FILE - In this Thursday, June 19, 2014 file photo, an Islamic State militant stands with a captured Iraqi Army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The Syrian foreign ministry said Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 that Washington informed Damascus' envoy to the United Nations before launching airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, attacks that activists said inflicted casualties among jihadi fighters and civilians on the ground.(AP Photo, File)

Irakische Flüchtlinge bei Mosul, 2014

Iraqis who have fled the violence in their hometown of Mosul line arrive at Khazir refugee camp outside of Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a strategic city along the highway to Syria on Monday, moving closer to their goal of linking areas under their control on both sides of the border. The al-Qaida breakaway group leading the push in Iraq also is fighting in the civil war next door in Syria where it controls territory abutting the Iraqi border.(AP Photo)

Pro-IS-Demonstration in Mosul, 2014

Demonstrators chant pro-al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as the wave al-Qaida flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory to the insurgents in the country's north. (AP Photo)

Demonstration für den islamischen Staat im Irak, 2014

FILE - In this June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad.

Zerstörungen in Homs in Syrien, 2014

In this June 5, 2014 photo, a man rides a bicycle through a devastated part of Homs, Syria. Syrian government forces retook the control of Homs in May 2014, after a three year battle with rebels. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Papst Franziskus in Israel, 2014

Pope Francis gives a speech at the Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane, in east Jerusalem, on Monday, May 26, 2014. Pope Francis honored Jews killed in the Holocaust and other attacks and kissed the hands of Holocaust survivors as he capped his three-day Mideast trip with poignant stops Monday at some of the holiest and most haunting sites for Jews. At Israel's request, Francis deviated from his whirlwind itinerary to pray at Jerusalem's Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial, giving the Jewish state his full attention a day after voicing strong support for the Palestinian cause. (AP Photo/Jack Guez, Pool)

Papst Franziskus in Israel, 2014

Pope Francis leads a prayer at the Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane, in east Jerusalem, on Monday, May 26, 2014. Pope Francis honored Jews killed in the Holocaust and other attacks and kissed the hands of Holocaust survivors as he capped his three-day Mideast trip with poignant stops Monday at some of the holiest and most haunting sites for Jews. At Israel's request, Francis deviated from his whirlwind itinerary to pray at Jerusalem's Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial, giving the Jewish state his full attention a day after voicing strong support for the Palestinian cause. (AP Photo/Jack Guez, Pool)

Papst Franziskus in Israel, 2014

[GESPERRT! Aktueller Rechtsstreit mit AP, bis auf Widerruf gesperrt, erl. Ak 24.01.2022] Pope Francis gives a speech at the Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane, in east Jerusalem, on Monday, May 26, 2014. Pope Francis honored Jews killed in the Holocaust and other attacks and kissed the hands of Holocaust survivors as he capped his three-day Mideast trip with poignant stops Monday at some of the holiest and most haunting sites for Jews. At Israel's request, Francis deviated from his whirlwind itinerary to pray at Jerusalem's Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial, giving the Jewish state his full attention a day after voicing strong support for the Palestinian cause. (AP Photo/Jack Guez, Pool)

Petro Poroshenko und Vitali Klitschko, Kiew 2014

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, left, shake hands with Vitali Klitschko during their press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May 25, 2014. An exit poll showed that billionaire candy-maker Petro Poroshenko won Ukraine's presidential election and Vitali Klitschko won Kiev's mayoral outright Sunday in the first round -- a vote that authorities hoped would unify the fractaured nation. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko, Pool)

Yulia Tymoshenko, Kiew 2014

Ukraine presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to press in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May 25, 2014. An exit poll showed that billionaire candy-maker Petro Poroshenko won Ukraine's presidential election outright Sunday in the first round -- a vote that authorities hoped would unify the fractured nation. (AP Photo/Olexander Prokopenko, Pool)

Petro Poroshenko, Kiew 2014

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko reacts during his press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May 25, 2014. An exit poll showed that billionaire candy-maker Petro Poroshenko won Ukraine's presidential election outright Sunday in the first round -- a vote that authorities hoped would unify the fractured nation. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko, Pool)

Petro Poroshenko, Kiew 2014

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko during his press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May 25, 2014. An exit poll showed that billionaire candy-maker Petro Poroshenko won Ukraine's presidential election outright Sunday in the first round -- a vote that authorities hoped would unify the fractured nation. The text reads"Petro Poroshenko". (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko, Pool)

Papst Franziskus in Israel, 2014

Pope Francis, center, waves to Israeli children greeting him at the heliport of Hadassah hospital in mount Scopus Jerusalem, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Pope Francis took a dramatic plunge Sunday into Mideast politics while on his Holy Land pilgrimage, receiving an acceptance from the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to visit him at the Vatican next month to discuss embattled peace efforts. The summit was an important moral victory for the pope, who is named after the peace-loving Francis of Assisi. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Papst Franziskus mit dem plaästinensischen Präsidenten Abbas, 2014

Pope Francis is welcomed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, upon his arrival to the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

Papst Franziskus mit dem plaästinensischen Präsidenten Abbas, 2014

Pope Francis meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, in the Presidential Palace at the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

Papst Franziskus in Israel, 2014

Pope Francis prays at Israel's separation barrier on his way to a mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday, May 25, 2014. Francis called the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate "unacceptable" as he landed Sunday in the West Bank town of Bethlehem in a symbolic nod to Palestinian aspirations for their own state. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Papst Franziskus mit Benjamin Netanjahu in Israel, 2014

Pope Francis, left, talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during an official arrival ceremony at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Pope Francis took a dramatic plunge Sunday into Mideast politics while on his Holy Land pilgrimage, receiving an acceptance from the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to visit him at the Vatican next month to discuss embattled peace efforts. The summit was an important moral victory for the pope, who is named after the peace-loving Francis of Assisi. Israeli-Palestinian peace talks broke down in late April, and there have been no public high-level meetings for a year. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Papst Franziskus in Israel, 2014

Pope Francis prays at Israel's separation barrier on his way to a mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Francis has said his three-day Middle East visit is largely meant as a spiritual journey. However, both Israelis and Palestinians have been trying to harness the standing as leader of the world's Roman Catholics to bolster their dueling narratives. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Papst Franziskus in Israel, 2014

Pope Francis arrives at the heliport of Hadassah hospital in mount Scopus Jerusalem, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Pope Francis took a dramatic plunge Sunday into Mideast politics while on his Holy Land pilgrimage, receiving an acceptance from the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to visit him at the Vatican next month to discuss embattled peace efforts. The summit was an important moral victory for the pope, who is named after the peace-loving Francis of Assisi. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Lieferung von Ergas von Rußland an die Ukraine, 2014

Gas pipeline station workers check the gas pressure in Zakarpattia region, Western Ukraine, 15 kms on border with Slovakia in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to offset the Western pressure by visiting China, where he oversaw the signing of a $400 billion, 30-year deal to export Russian gas to China. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Lieferung von Ergas von Rußland an die Ukraine, 2014

Gas pipeline station workers passing the gas pressure engines in Zakarpattia region, Western Ukraine, 15 kms on border with Slovakia in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to offset the Western pressure by visiting China, where he oversaw the signing of a $400 billion, 30-year deal to export Russian gas to China. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Lieferung von Ergas von Rußland an die Ukraine, 2014

Gas pipeline station " Uzhgorod" in Zakarpattia region, Western Ukraine, 15 kms from the border with Slovakia in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday offset Western pressure by visiting China, where he oversaw the signing of a $400 billion, 30-year deal to export Russian gas to China. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Lieferung von Ergas von Rußland an die Ukraine, 2014

A gas pressure gauge is seen in Bil 'che-Volicko-Ugerske underground gas storage facilities in Strij, outside Lviv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday offset Western pressure by visiting China, where he oversaw the signing of a $400 billion, 30-year deal to export Russian gas to China. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Liederung von Ergas von Rußland an die Ukraine, 2014

A gas pipeline station worker passing the gas pressure engines in Bil 'che-Volicko-Ugerske underground gas storage facilities in Strij, outside Lviv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday offset Western pressure by visiting China, where he oversaw the signing of a $400 billion, 30-year deal to export Russian gas to China. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Lieferung von Ergas von Rußland an die Ukraine, 2014

Workers of gas pipeline station in the control room take control of the gas transit from Russian Federation via Ukraine to EU in Zakarpattia region, Western Ukraine, 15 kms on border with Slovakia in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to offset the Western pressure by visiting China, where he oversaw the signing of a $400 billion, 30-year deal to export Russian gas to China. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Olesya Zhukovska, Kiew 2014

In this Monday, May 12, 2014, photo, Olesya Zhukovska, who became a symbol of Ukraine's protests when she was hit by a sniper's bullet in February, walks to the place where she was wounded in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine. Zhukovska tweeted «I am dying» after the bullet tore into her on that cold February morning, and was suddenly the focus of international attention. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Olesya Zhukovska, Kiew 2014

In this Monday, May 12, 2014, photo, Olesya Zhukovska, who became a symbol of Ukraine's protests when she was hit by a sniper's bullet, stands in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine. Zhukovska, who tweeted «I am dying» after the bullet tore into her on a cold February morning, sometimes wonders just what it all achieved. The 21-year-old hospital orderly from small-town Ukraine moved to Kiev when the protests broke out in late 2013, and spent months working as a volunteer medic in the sprawling protest camp. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Zerstörungen in Homs, 2014

Syrian government officials walk on a road, back dropped, by damaged buildings from fighting with Free Syrian Army fighters in the old city of Homs, Syria, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Syrian President Bashar Assad's government in the north prepared to regain control of the central city of Homs following last week's cease-fire agreement after a fierce, two-year battle with the rebels trying to oust him. (AP Photo)

Syrischer Soldat in Homs, 2014

A Syrian government solider looks at damaged buildings in Homs, Syria, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Hundreds of exhausted Syrian rebels withdrew Wednesday from their last remaining strongholds in the heart of Homs, surrendering to President Bashar Assad a bloodstained city that was once the center of the revolt against him. (AP Photo)

Wladimir Putin, Moskau 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a joint news conference with Swiss Federal President Didier Burkhalter in the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Russia has pulled back its troops from the Ukrainian border, Vladimir Putin told diplomats Wednesday as he urged insurgents in southeast Ukraine to postpone their planned referendum Sunday on autonomy. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)

Pussy Riot in den USA, 2014

Russian political activists Nadya Tolokonnikova, center, and Maria Alyokhina, left, of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, join Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., the chairman of the Helsinki Commission in seeking action to stop violations of human rights by pro-Russian militants in the Ukraine region, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. At right is Pyotr Verzilov, Nadya Tolokonnikova's husband who helped to interpret. The political activists spent more than a year behind bars for performing songs critical of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Barack Obama and Angela Merkel, Washington D.C. 2014

President Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. Obama and Merkel are mounting a display of trans-Atlantic unity against an assertive Russia, even as sanctions imposed by Western allies seem to be doing little to change Russian President Vladimir Putin's reasoning on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Barack Obama und Angela Merkel, Washington D.C. 2014

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Ukraine 2014

Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky cheers people during a rally in the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, March 9, 2014. Khodorkovsky, addressing a crowd on the square where demonstrators rose up against Ukraine's Moscow-backed president, said on Sunday Russia had been complicit in police violence against the protesters. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Arsenij Jazenjuk in Kiew, 2014

Supporters cheer a candidate for Ukraine's new Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, in Kiev's Independence Square, or Maydan, the epicenter of recent deadly clashes with riot police, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. All new government officials should get Maydan's approval prior to parliament vote. The new premier and the Cabinet are to be voted in parliament on Thursday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Oleksandr Turchynov, Kiew 2014

Ukraine's parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov represents candidates of the new Prime Minister and the Cabinet to people for approval in Kiev's Independence Square, or Maidan, the epicenter of recent deadly clashes with riot police, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. All new government officials are being submitted to the Maidan crowd's approval prior to parliament's vote. The new premier and the Cabinet are to be voted in parliament on Thursday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

People light candles and place flowers at a memorial for the people killed in clashes with the police at Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Parliament speaker says that a new government should be in place by Thursday, a delay reflecting intense ongoing consultations. Oleksandr Turchinov has previously said the new government could be formed on Tuesday. Turchinov was named Ukraine's interim leader after President Viktor Yanukovych fled the capital after signing a peace deal with opposition leaders to end violent clashes between police and protesters and Kiev. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Vitali Klitschko and Catherine Ashton, Kiew 2014

Ukrainian lawmaker and chairman of the Ukrainian opposition party Udar (Punch), former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, left, speaks to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton during their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014.The head of OSCE, the European security organization is proposing the establishment of an international contact group to support Ukraine in its difficult transition period.(AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, pool)

Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Catherine Ashton and Vitali Klitschko, Kiew 2014

Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk, left, and Ukrainian lawmaker and chairman of the Ukrainian opposition party Udar (Punch), former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, foreground center, during their talks with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, foreground right, during their talks in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014.The head of the European security organization, OSCE is proposing the establishment of an international contact group to support Ukraine in its difficult transition period.(AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, Pool)

Denkmal des KGB in Kiew, 2014

[GESPERRT! Aktueller Rechtsstreit mit AP, bis auf Widerruf gesperrt, erl. Ak 24.01.2022] People demolish the letters on the KGB officers monument in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. A top Ukrainian opposition figure assumed presidential powers Sunday, plunging Ukraine into new uncertainty after a deadly political standoff -- and boosting long-jailed Yulia Tymoshenko's chances at a return to power. The whereabouts and legitimacy of President Viktor Yanukovych are unclear after he left the capital for his support base in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Denkmal des KGB in Kiew, 2014

[GESPERRT! Aktueller Rechtsstreit mit AP, bis auf Widerruf gesperrt, erl. Ak 24.01.2022] People paint on the KGB officers monument in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. A top Ukrainian opposition figure assumed presidential powers Sunday, plunging Ukraine into new uncertainty after a deadly political standoff and boosting long-jailed Yulia Tymoshenko's chances at a return to power. The whereabouts and legitimacy of President Viktor Yanukovych are unclear after he left the capital for his support base in eastern Ukraine.(AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Julija Tymoschenko, 2014

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko addresses the crowd in central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Hours after being released from prison, former Ukrainian prime minister and opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko praised the demonstrators killed in violence this week as heroes.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Julija Tymoschenko, 2014

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, center, addresses the crowd in central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Hours after being released from prison, former Ukrainian prime minister and opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko praised the demonstrators killed in violence this week as heroes. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Julija Tymoschenko, 2014

Julija Tymoschenko in Kiew, 2014

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko addresses the crowd in central Kiev, Ukraine. For the past three months tens of thousands of Ukrainians have been singing the Ukrainian national anthem on Kiev's central square, the Maidan, appearing united as one in their urge to secure a better life for their country. But in fact, the protest movement is far from monolithic, uniting pro-Western intelligentsia and wealthy businessmen, white-collar office clerks, student romantics, radical far-right groups, as well as singers, poets and even priests - brought together by their resentment of the government of the now fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

An anti-government protester gets a blessing from a priest at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Ukraine's presidency said Friday that it has negotiated a deal intended to end battles between police and protesters that have killed scores and injured hundreds, but European mediators involved in the talks wouldn't confirm a breakthrough. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

Anti-government protesters shout "Glory to the Ukraine" as they man a barricade at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Ukraine's presidency said Friday that it has negotiated a deal intended to end battles between police and protesters that have killed scores and injured hundreds, but European mediators involved in the talks wouldn't confirm a breakthrough. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

An opposition supporter stands at a burning police barricade near the Presidential office in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Ukraine's president gave in to pressure from European diplomats and offered concessions Friday to defuse a crisis that has divided his country and left scores dead. Shots rang out near Kiev's protest camp and protesters fought among themselves about what to do next. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Viktor Yanukovych, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Vitali Klitschko, Oleg Tjagnibok, Radoslaw Sikorski, Frank-Walter Steinmeier

From left, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Ukrainian opposition leaders, Vitali Klitschko, Oleg Tjagnibok, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski attend a signing ceremony of an agreement in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Ukraine's opposition leaders signed a deal Friday with the president and European mediators for early elections and a new government in hopes of ending a deadly political crisis. Russian officials immediately criticized the deal and protesters angry over police violence showed no sign of abandoning their camp in central Kiev. (AP Photo/Andrei Mosienko, Presidential Press Service, Pool)

Wiktor Janukowytsch unterzeichnet Abkommen, 2014

This image taken from AP video shows Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, as he signs an agreement with opposition leaders in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Ukraine's president and opposition leaders signed an agreement on Friday to try to end the country's political crisis. The deal provides for early elections and a new government. It could be a breakthrough in a months-long crisis over Ukraine's future and identity that worsened sharply this week and left scores dead in the worst violence in Ukraine's history as an independent nation. (AP Photo/AP video)

Wiktor Janukowytsch, 2014

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych attends the signing of an agreement to end the Ukrainian crisis in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Ukraine's opposition leaders signed a deal Friday with the president and European mediators for early elections and a new government in hopes of ending a deadly political crisis. Russian officials immediately criticized the deal and protesters angry over police violence showed no sign of abandoning their camp in central Kiev. (AP Photo/Andrei Mosienko, Presidential Press Service, Pool)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

The body of an anti-government protester killed in clashes with the police is carried by protesters at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. In a day that could significantly shift Ukraine's political destiny, opposition leaders signed a deal Friday with the country's beleaguered president that calls for early elections, a new constitution and a new unity government. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

A barricade is manned by anti-government protesters at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Protesters advanced on police lines in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on Thursday, prompting government snipers to shoot back and kill scores of people in the country's deadliest day since the breakup of the Soviet Union a quarter-century ago. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

Activists evacuate a wounded protester during clashes with police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Fierce clashes between police and protesters, some including gunfire, shattered a brief truce in Ukraine's besieged capital Thursday, killing numerous people. The deaths came in a new eruption of violence just hours after the country's embattled president and the opposition leaders demanding his resignation called for a truce and negotiations to try to resolve Ukraine's political crisis. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

An anti-government protester prepares to throw a car tire into the flames lit by protesters at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Ukraine's protest leaders and the president they aim to oust called a truce Wednesday, just hours after the military raised fears of a widespread crackdown with a vow to defeat "terrorists" responsible for seizing weapons and burning down buildings. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

An anti-government protester clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, in Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Ukraine's protest leaders and the president they aim to oust called a truce Wednesday, just hours after the military raised fears of a widespread crackdown with a vow to defeat "terrorists" responsible for seizing weapons and burning down buildings. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

An activist holds a shield with a bullet hole, covered with the blood of his comrade killed in clashes with police, in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Fierce clashes between police and protesters in Ukraine's capital have shattered the brief truce Thursday and an Associated Press reporter has seen dozens bodies laid out on the edge of the protest encampment. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, in Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Ukraine's protest leaders and the president they aim to oust called a truce Wednesday, just hours after the military raised fears of a widespread crackdown with a vow to defeat "terrorists" responsible for seizing weapons and burning down buildings. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

Anti-government protesters protect themselves with shields during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The deadly clashes in Ukraine's capital have drawn sharp reactions from Washington, generated talk of possible European Union sanctions and led to a Kremlin statement blaming Europe and the West. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

Anti-government protesters protected themselves with shields during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The deadly clashes in Ukraine's capital have drawn sharp reactions from Washington, generated talk of possible European Union sanctions and led to a Kremlin statement blaming Europe and the West. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

An anti-government protester throws a stone during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The deadly clashes in Ukraine's capital have drawn sharp reactions from Washington, generated talk of possible European Union sanctions and led to a Kremlin statement blaming Europe and the West. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Unruhen in Kiew, 2014

Anti-government protesters throw stones during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The deadly clashes in Ukraine's capital have drawn sharp reactions from Washington, generated talk of possible European Union sanctions and led to a Kremlin statement blaming Europe and the West. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)