Jerusalem: Israel handed the Palestinians a proposal they hope will lead to an extension of their peace talks beyond an April 29 deadline, as efforts to salvage the negotiations came to a head.
The fate of the US-brokered peace process could be decided within days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday, warning that "either the matter will be resolved or it will blow up."
Netanyahu's remarks to ministers from his rightwing Likud party came as US officials were working around the clock to prevent a collapse of the negotiations over a dispute about Palestinian prisoners.
According to a Palestinian official, Israel presented Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas with a draft agreement to relaunch talks. Abbas was to examine the proposal during the night, he said.
With the talks teetering on the brink of collapse, Washington, which pushed the sides to relaunch talks in July, has been fighting an uphill battle to coax them into accepting a framework proposal which would extend the negotiations beyond April 29.
Israel on Friday informed the Palestinians they would not free the prisoners, with the US State Department confirming it was working "intensively" to resolve the dispute.
After those talks, Kerry told reporters in the French capital that it was not yet appropriate for the US to make any public judgement of the situation "at this important moment".
The fate of the US-brokered peace process could be decided within days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday, warning that "either the matter will be resolved or it will blow up."
Netanyahu's remarks to ministers from his rightwing Likud party came as US officials were working around the clock to prevent a collapse of the negotiations over a dispute about Palestinian prisoners.
According to a Palestinian official, Israel presented Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas with a draft agreement to relaunch talks. Abbas was to examine the proposal during the night, he said.
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With the talks teetering on the brink of collapse, Washington, which pushed the sides to relaunch talks in July, has been fighting an uphill battle to coax them into accepting a framework proposal which would extend the negotiations beyond April 29.
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Israel on Friday informed the Palestinians they would not free the prisoners, with the US State Department confirming it was working "intensively" to resolve the dispute.
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After those talks, Kerry told reporters in the French capital that it was not yet appropriate for the US to make any public judgement of the situation "at this important moment".
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