On Wednesday, after holding bilateral meetings with the four other leaders involved in the Middle East peace process, Obama said that the United States is ready to seek a lasting peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.

However, the peace talks, since it first started in 1993, have always been in the haunting cycle of "hope-to-collapse."

The issue of settlement construction has posed an immediate challenge to the direct talks, with Netanyahu on Tuesday saying he would not extend a moratorium that expires on Sept. 26.

Incitement from both sides, such as the killing of four Israelis on Tuesday by a gunman near the West Bank city of Hebron, could also derail the fragile peace process.

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