Mr. Annan 's stop in Israel and the West Bank was part of a Middle East trip that began with a two-day visit to Lebanon and continues with a meeting here on Thursday with King Abdullah II and includes talks in Damascus with President Bashar al-Assad and in Tehran with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , who has called for the destruction of Israel .
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