SBS News Radio reports today:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas for the first time since taking office in March, in Washington today.
U-S President Barack Obama is hosting the talks at the White House.
It comes at a time when peace moves are stalled, despite intense U-S efforts.
As Caroline Davey reports, just one sign of the gulf between the two sides is a claim that Israel is denying education to thousands of Palestinian children in East Jerusalem.
I am interviewed in the story, discussing the discriminatory Israeli policies towards Palestinians in East Jerusalem: