Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) will resume within weeks, Israeli officials estimated after Tuesday's meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama at the White House.
Sources in the Obama Administration said Netanyahu and Obama explored ways to advance direct talks and discussed extending the temporary construction moratorium in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. The issue was not mentioned to reporters, a possible indication that the two leaders reached a silent agreement according to which Israel will not be obligated to announce the extension formally."
