RAMALLAH, West Bank - The United States seeks a "prompt resumption and early conclusion" of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Washington's special Mideast envoy said after talks Wednesday with Palestinian leaders. Former Sen. George Mitchell did not give any timetable in his prepared statement after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah. However, the U.S. is engaged in an unusually public spat with Israel over its retreat from commitments to negotiate Palestinian statehood and its insistence on expanding settlements on land the Palestinians claim for that state.
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