Back to work, Sisyphus! Israeli-Palestinian talks aimed at reviving the moribund peace process collapsed Wednesday, and both sides immediately called for Washington to intercede.
"Netanyahu wants to slowly kill the Oslo Accords even while proclaiming his commitment to them," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "He wants to keep the process going without ever achieving an end result. The Palestinians have no leverage, and Israel isn't going to be moved without pressure from Washington, which is unlikely to happen. So right now the peace process is a dead horse."