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Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/19/1881466/israelis-palestinians-leaders.html
Israelis, Palestinians Agree to Continue Talks through U.S. Elections
(McClatchy-Miami Herald) Sheera Frenkel - The Obama administration has secured pledges from senior Mideast leaders to continue peace negotiations until after next month's U.S. midterm elections, largely to avoid handing the Obama administration an embarrassing diplomatic setback before the Nov. 2 elections. Israeli and Palestinian officials said Tuesday that efforts to reach a compromise would continue until at least Nov. 3, a move they said "served the current American government." "The time frame we are following has been designed around the elections in America," said a senior member of the Palestinian negotiating team. A senior Israeli cabinet official said all the issues were being discussed behind closed doors and that there's an agreement not to discuss the terms of the negotiations with the news media.