New US talks with Palestinians held in Washington



WASHINGTON- US Middle East envoy George Mitchell and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat met Thursday in Washington on efforts to salvage peace talks with Israel, the State Department said.
Erakat had also met Wednesday with Jeffrey Feltman, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, officials said.
The meetings come with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton planning talks next week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is due in the United States.



Saeb Erakat
Saeb Erakat
The latest round of Israeli-Palestinian talks were reopened in Washington September 2 but broke off September 26 when Israel allowed the expiration of a moratorium on new construction in the occupied territories likely to be part of a Palestinian state.
The Palestinians are calling for a new moratorium, but Israel has rejected this.
On October 9, the Arab League gave the United States an additional month to try to save the peace talks.
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Friday, November 5th 2010
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