Arab League meets to discuss Mideast Peace

The Arab League meets in Libya Friday to discuss whether the Palestinians should continue direct peace talks with Israel.

They have threatened to abandon talks if Israel doesn't renew a freeze on settlement building in the West Bank, which expired last month.

The Obama administration has urged the Arab League to support the negotiations, but declined to comment on reports of an American incentive package intended to advance talks.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the process can succeed if all parties remain commited to peace.

In Israel, there has been high-level debate and discussion of a controversial loyalty oath that some observers think could ultimately be aimed at appeasing the hard-line faction within the governing coalition, and allowing the settlement building freeze to be renewed.