For those interested and capable of reading more than a few Palin-speak clauses... it appears the US administration and people are quickly reaching the same conclusion:

According to Israeli newspaper Ha??aretz, US special ambassador to the Middle East George Mitchell is growing increasingly frustrated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu??s ??unserious? attitude on the indirect peace talks.

According to the reports, officials say that Netanyahu is refusing to seriously address a number of core issues, allowing the already slow-moving talks to turn into a glacial paced act of futility.

Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren has conceded that tensions with the US have ??gone beyond a crisis that eventually passes? and says that the two nations are increasingly ??drifting apart.? It seems as these tensions rise the prospect of the US-brokered peace talks going anywhere are looking increasingly remote.

See: US Frustrated with Indirect Talks
bigsby Reviewed by bigsby on . 'Israel destroying peace talks' Saeb Erekat says Israel is trying to sabotage indirect peace talks through the demolition of Silwan neighborhood homes in East al-Quds (Jerusalem.) On Monday, the chief Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) negotiator called on the international community to "halt these dangerous steps" and said that the move "proves that Israel has decided to destroy the proximity talks with the Palestinians." Erekat said that on Monday the Israeli al-Quds (Jerusalem) municipal planning committee Rating: 5