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JERUSALEM -- Vice President Joe Biden told Israel Tuesday that the U.S. is willing to stand by those who will "take risks for peace."
Biden also told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he was confident Israel was prepared to take such risks.
Earlier, Biden said Israelis and Palestinians face a "moment of real opportunity" to make peace after agreeing to resume American-brokered talks, as he launched the highest-level visit by an Obama administration official to Israel.
Monday's announcement of indirect talks, which will be held through a U.S. mediator, broke a 14-month deadlock and marked President Barack Obama's first substantive diplomatic achievement in the region.
But the new peace push is sure to face enormous challenges, including sharp divisions among the Palestinians and a hardline Israeli government seen as unlikely to make wide-ranging concessions.