No revival of Mideast peace

February 19, 2007

Three-way talks between U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the leaders of Israel and the Palestinians fails to revi... Expectations of progress in the U.S.-brokered summit, aimed at kick-starting the stalled Middle East peace process, had been dampened down even before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sat down with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The trilateral talks were overshadowed by the U.S. and Israeli decision to boycott the new Palestinian unity government, which has yet to be formed, unless it met key conditions laid down by international mediators.