Israeli and Palestinian leaders have entered a second round of direct Middle East talks in the past two weeks, but in the end both sides could only agree to talk again on Wednesday.<br /><br />The negotiations in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh were attended by senior US officials including Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, and George Mitchell, the US Middle East envoy.<br /><br />Clinton and Mitchell both expressed optimism over the direction of the talks, but did not say if any tangible progress had been made.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin reports. (Sept 15, 2010)
