A demonstrator holds up placards reading in Hebrew: “When there is no peace war comes” (top) and “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies” (bottom) as thousands of Israelis protest during a left-wing peace rally in the coastal city of Tel Aviv calling for the Israeli government to negotiate with the Palestinian Authority on August 16, 2014. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are poised to resume indirect talks with Egyptian mediators on reaching a more permanent ceasefire before a current truce expires at midnight on August 18. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON