US push for Middle East peace talks foundering

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_MIDEAST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-07-09-08-19-27

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration's furious efforts to relaunch stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks this summer are going nowhere, and a looming U.N. confrontation could further set back prospects for a negotiated settlement any time soon.

Despite attempts to get the parties back to the table based on parameters that President Barack Obama outlined in a May speech, U.S. and other officials say neither side appears willing to commit to new discussions.

Senior officials from the international group of Mideast peacemakers - the U.S., the U.N., the European Union and Russia - planned to meet Monday in Washington. The goal is to revive the process by increasing pressure on the two sides to return to talks.

The mediators "will come together and will compare notes about where we are and plot a course forward," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Friday.

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1. Too many are committed to the staus quo.

How many American Presidents have tried now?

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2. It just gets easier and easier to be ignored. nt

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3. The problem is the Americans think a 'peace process' is a solution...

Just get a 'peace process' going and things are good. I was just reading last night a book that talks about the nonsense that erupted over here back in 2003 over Hanan Ashrawi getting the Sydney Peace Prize. One of the many accusations thrown at her was that she was critical of most US-led peace initiatives. I agree with what she said about it back in 2000: 'The Palestinian people feel victimised by this "peace process". The "process" is reinvented all the time to suit Israel. And America thinks as long as there is a "process", God is in his heaven."