Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US envoy George Mitchell are expected to continue talks early Wednesday after failing Tuesday to finish an agreement on a temporary halt to Israeli construction of West Bank settlements. The negotiations are ongoing with only a week left until a hoped- for meeting of Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with US President Barack Obama, who is seeking to relaunch the long- stalled Mideast peace talks.
"We are working hard to narrow the gaps between us," Netanyahu spokesman Mark Regev told the German Press Agency
