US: Efforts concentrated on Arab League to keep talks on track
The White House declined to comment on reports of an American incentive package intended to advance talks between Israel and the Palestinians. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that senior figures in the US Administration had worked all week with the two sides and with Arab states to keep the talks on track.
Gibbs expressed US hopes that despite disappointment that the construction freeze would not be extended, the talks would continue. He added that the main efforts are concentrated now on the Arab League, which is to convene Friday. Earlier Thursday, Ambassador Michael Oren said the US government had offered Israel incentives to extend the construction freeze in the West Bank settlements. (Yitzhak Benhorin)
