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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will go to Egypt for the second round of the Obama administration's Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Sept. 14-15, The Hill newspaper reports.

"Egypt will host the second round of . . . negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh," Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said in a statement carried by the state news agency MENA. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who began talks in Washington last week, will meet again in Egypt.

A State Department official told Agence France-Presse that special envoy George Mitchell will take part as well.

The Palestinians have said the negotiations will not last if Israel continues new construction in the West Bank, The Hill notes. A 10-month settlement freeze is set to expire Sept. 26. It is unclear whether Israel will extend the moratorium or let it expire.
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punnster

The Hamas will be a continuing hindrance to any peace in that area.

September 06 2010 at 4:53 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
rwh917

Every time Israeli wants more money from the US government they agreed to stop building where they should not be building in the first place and want peace talks, After the talks they starting building again so we give them more money, when is the Israeli extortion of the US going to stop. Tell them to build all they want and leave them to defend themselves and let them face the consequences. No more money from the USA.

September 06 2010 at 2:32 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply

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