A Talk With President Peres ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Lally Weymouth - (Interview) May 12, 2008 - 5:26pm Israeli President Shimon Peres is the last remaining founding father of the Israeli state. Last week he spoke with Newsweek-Washington Post's Lally Weymouth. Excerpts: Q. Is there a realistic chance of peace with the Palestinians? » Read more

Rice: Israel, Palestinians Need To Show Progress ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Anne Gearan - May 12, 2008 - 5:24pm The Bush administration has told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they will need to show progress in their secret talks soon, or risk a potentially fatal erosion in public support for a process now in its sixth month without any obvious successes. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice passed that message during meetings with both sides a little more than a week ago, Arab, U.S. and other Western diplomats said. Rice was reacting mainly to the increasingly pessimistic Palestinian assessments of the talks, but she warned that confidence was fragile among Israelis, too. » Read more