Framework For Israeli - Palestinian Peace Talks Agreed Upon

Rivals in Middle East Fast-Track Talks -- Wall Street Journal

U.S. Brokers Deal for Twice-Monthly Israel-Palestinian Meetings, Raising Commitment Level, Stakes.

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration moved to fast-track the Middle East peace process, gaining Arab and Israeli support for twice-monthly negotiations aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state within a year.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed Thursday to convene a second round of direct talks in two weeks, culminating two days of meetings hosted by President Barack Obama in Washington that also included the leaders of Jordan and Egypt.

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More News On Israeli - Palestinian Peace Talks

Mideast leaders to hold bimonthly peace talks -- Yahoo News/AFP
Regular Follow-up Meetings For Middle East Peace Framework Deal -- RTT News
Parties slate more peace talks in two weeks -- International Business Times
Framework for Middle East peace agreed -- ABC.net
Fast start: Netanyahu, Abbas meet alone for 90 minutes -- McClatchy News
Middle East talks begin with work plan -- L.A. Times
Netanyahu, Abbas seek 'framework' -- Washington Times
Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks -- Yahoo News/AP

Arab League chief wants to give peace talks a chance -- Yahoo News/AFP
Scepticism abounds in Middle East after peace talks 'show' -- AFP
Israeli, Palestinian leaders face critics of talks -- AP
Palestinian Militants Protest Peace Talks -- Voice of America
Int'l community applauds Palestine-Israel talks, but armed groups resent -- Xinhuanet

West Bank city of Hebron could be powder keg as Mideast peace talks begin -- L.A. Times
Israel and Palestine: A true one-state solution -- George Bisharat, Washington Post
Experts Fear Mideast Talks Are Too Ambitious -- New York Times
Mid-East talks: Regional voices -- BBC