Israel wants faster peace talks
Middle East Without deal, extremists grow

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By The Associated Press
Published: October 6, 2008

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister-designate Tzipi Livni warned Sunday that time is running out for a peace agreement with the Palestinians, with extremists gaining strength as negotiations stumble.

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In her first foreign policy speech since her appointment to form a new government, Livni said Israel must press ahead with peace talks because "doing nothing has its own price.”

Livni, who heads the Israeli negotiating team, warned there are dangers in letting the process drag on indefinitely.

"An understanding of what is under way in the region shows that time is not working in the favor” of Israel and regional moderates, she said. She was referring to the growing strength of Islamic Hamas militants, who overran the Gaza Strip last year and are challenging Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.

Livni is currently the foreign minister in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s transition government. Livni said peace talks must continue regardless of the leadership changeovers in the U.S. and Israel.


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