WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are set to resume next week in Washington, and a senior Palestinian official Thursday voiced optimism, but others take a dimmer view, as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's coalition government threatens to buckle under political pressures. More from CNN's Jerrold Kessel in Jerusalem.</s>JERROLD KESSEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The concern that Israel's promise not to let peacemaking flag can't be fulfilled.</s>SAEB ERAKAT, CHIEF PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATOR: I don't know what be confronted on Monday when I begin the negotiations with my Israeli colleagues telling me we can not do it, I hope everything is well and will not be used as a pretext to bring us further from the requirements of peace.</s>KESSEL: Young Palestinians especially are becoming impatient. Surveys show an overwhelming majority feel pressure, violent or other, is the best way to gain concessions from Israel, while only a small percentage believe negotiations can fulfill Palestinian aspirations.</s>GHASSAN KHATIB, POLITICAL ANALYST: There is a negative feeling toward the peace process among the new generation. There is a feeling that we as people are humiliated in this peace process through the humiliation of our leadership.</s>KESSEL: The United States is now earnestly engaged in trying to reinvigorate the peace process, but the poor omens in both the Israeli and Palestinian camps suggest that's a gamble that's increasing for all. Jerrold Kessel, CNN, Ramala, on the West Bank.
Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks Set to Resume Next Week in Washington