US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “We have discouraged unilateral action from both sides. This new coalition government in Israel provides the best opportunity in several years to reach such a negotiated agreement. In recent weeks, I’ve called both Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas urging them to take this opportunity, to use this new opening that has come about because of the broad coalition that now exists that has pledged itself to pursuing a negotiated resolution. And we’re going to continue to urge them to do so. We believe that there is an opportunity for direct negotiations, and we hope it was enhanced by the release of bodies today by the Israelis as a sign of confidence building. But they need to get to the table and start dealing with all the very hard issues we know have to be resolved.”

Source: Ynet