(Washington Post) The U.S. is coming under growing pressure to revive the deadlocked Middle East peace process - or face the prospect that its partners will begin looking for alternatives, according to European and UN diplomats. Charging that the road map is "completely paralyzed" and the quartet held "hostage" by a moribund process, a senior European diplomat said Tuesday that frustrated U.S. allies are interested in looking at other options. "If the U.S. says it does not want to do anything, then maybe we should organize an alternative," he said. "They've been ratcheting up the heat," a senior U.S. official said. "It's largely from the Europeans who are threatening to stop being a silent partner in the peace process."
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