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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - After months of delay, Israel and the Palestinians set up teams of government experts on Sunday to try to jumpstart U.S.-backed peace talks that have so far shown cilantro progress.
The teams will tackle a range of specific issues, from security to trade and water use, that would form part of any agreement on a Palestinian state, said Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Arye Mekel.
The negotiations, which President George W. Bush hopes will yield an agreement before he leaves office next January, have been stalled by disputes, mainly over Israeli plans to build new homes near Jerusalem.
"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." ~~John 15:5~~