MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS BRAZIL

Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, lays a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Brazil's president made a case Monday for playing a larger role in Mideast diplomacy, despite Israel's deep discomfort with his opposition to sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)