Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the talks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the talks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his peace moves, just as his Palestinian  counterpart faced harsh criticism for agreeing to the talks at all. Analysts on both sides questioned the ability and desire of their leaders to negotiate a peace accord. And the militant Islamic Hamas  group, from its stronghold in Gaza, rejected the talks as illegitimate.