Photo: Benjamin Netanyahu ... refuses to consider a freeze. Urgent Moves To Avert Peace Talks Failure -- Sydney Morning Herald
JERUSALEM: US officials were working frantically last night to prevent the collapse of peace talks today and tomorrow between Israel and the Palestinians as high-ranking officials from both sides indicated they shared no common ground on any subject.
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, wants the summit to focus on Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, says progress cannot be made unless the question of future borders is settled.
Also hanging over the talks at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh is the question of whether Israel will extend a freeze on the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank scheduled to expire on September 26.
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More News On Israeli - Palestinian Peace Talks
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'Peace talks will fail if West Bank construction resumes' -- Jerusalem Post
Settler housing plan threatens Mideast talks -- Financial Times
Thousands of Israeli settler homes planned -- AFP
Israel to end settlement moratorium -- Al Jazeera
Response Is Cautious to Israel’s Settlements Signal -- New York Times
Israel's PM suggests compromise on settlements possible -- CNN
Israel official: Netanyahu to offer Palestinians partial settlement freeze -- Haaretz
Netanyahu: New settlement freeze unlikely - but compromise possible -- Haaretz
Clinton travels to Egypt for Mideast talks -- CBC
Middle East peace talks set to resume -- The Guardian
Clinton heads to Mideast for uncertain peace talks -- Seattle Times/AP
Background: Setting the parameters for success in talks -- Jerusalem Post
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