US tries to rescue Israeli peace talks
By Joseph Krauss | China Daily | Updated: 2010-09-29 07:51
A Palestinian smuggler brings bags of scrap metal to Egypt through a tunnel in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters |
JERUSALEM - The US envoy to the Middle East was heading to Israel on Tuesday to try to rescue Israeli-Palestinian peace talks brought to the brink of collapse by the resumption of West Bank settlement building.
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