JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians opened their most serious peace talks in seven years on Monday, urged by U.S. President George W. Bush to reach a deal within a year despite deep public scepticism.
It took nearly seven weeks to start so-called final-status talks, announced at a U.S.-sponsored conference in Annapolis, Maryland, underscoring the hurdles Bush faces in getting a Palestinian statehood deal in his final year in office.
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