Rice: U.S. to press Israel

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America to press Israel, Palestinians to move forward on Sharm understandings, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says; Israel may be expected to hand over more West Bank towns, release prisoners. Rice lauds Israeli-Palestinian cooperation
Yitzhak Benhorin, Washington

The United States will act to preserve the momentum in Israeli-Palestinian relations and is expected to press both sides to make progress, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the New York Times "Tuesday".

The American pressure is expected to focus on advancing understandings reached between the two sides in the Sharm el-Sheikh summit in Egypt earlier this year. For Israel, this means the handover of more West Bank towns to Palestinian control and the release of Palestinian prisoners