Pessimism over Mid-East conference

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BBC News website readers across the Middle East discuss the prospects for the peace conference in the US in November on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

They were asked what they saw as the chances for progress - and the main obstacles to reaching a lasting settlement.

Jonathan LevyCarmiel, Israel <a class="bodl" href="/1/hi/talking_point/7018774.stm">"Palestinian refugees want to live in a place that doesn't exist"</a>

Ayman AlzulofBeit Sahour, W Bank <a class="bodl" href="/1/hi/talking_point/7018579.stm">"The Israelis are accelerating their settlement-building"</a>

Abdul Aziz ZahidJeddah, Saudi Arabia <a class="bodl" href="/1/hi/talking_point/7018865.stm">"Riyadh could make people aware of the financial rewards"</a>

FaisalLatakia, Syria <a class="bodl" href="/1/hi/talking_point/7018853.stm">"This is America's attempt to cover its failure in Iraq"</a>

Nadim HomsiAmman, Jordan <a class="bodl" href="/1/hi/talking_point/7018686.stm">"The US must insist that Israel's settlements must go"</a>

Gilad KronmanBeersheba, Israel <a class="bodl" href="/1/hi/talking_point/7018819.stm">"Israel has not built a new settlement in years"</a>

Abdullah QuffaGaza <a class="bodl" href="/1/hi/talking_point/7021973.stm">"Peace is not possible now Israel has declared Gaza a 'hostile territory'"</a>