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Middle East impasse frustrates Hillary Clinton
by Joseph Ernest December 10, 2010
Newscast Media HOUSTON, TX -- Despite the frustrating setback to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton insisted that the US would continue to push for progress. She vowed to promote indirect talks on "core issues" including borders, settlements, refugees and Jerusalem.
She was making her first comments on the deadlock since Washington said it had abandoned efforts to persuade Israel to stop the construction of new Jewish settlements - something which the Palestinians are insisting on before direct talks can progress.
"Like many of you, I am frustrated that we have not gotten farther, faster," Ms Clinton said in a speech at the Saban Forum, a Middle East policy seminar sponsored by the Brookings Institution think tank.
Stressing that a negotiated solution remained the only way forward, she said the US would resume the role of broker, opening talks with both parties on vital issues
"We will push the parties to lay out their positions on the core issues without delay, in good faith, and with real specificity," she said.
Ms Clinton's speech was the first Middle East policy address following the US's abandoning its efforts to persuade Israel to halt construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Add Comments>>
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