Palestinians doubt US will help them get state

Palestinian leaders said on Wednesday that "Israeli obstinacy" made Washington give up on efforts to halt Jewish settlement and questioned whether the United States could ever help them attain independence.

Senior Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said that with its bid to revive direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations now at a dead-end, the US was proposing a return to indirect talks to try to unblock a peace process in deep crisis. (Reuters)