AP reports that Israel believes the US is too distracted by Wikileaks to broker a deal on West Bank settlements with the Palestinians:

“Israel’s defense minister said Tuesday the U.S. has halted talks with Israel about curbing West Bank settlement construction and resuming peace talks with the Palestinians because Washington is distracted by the WikiLeaks release of secret documents.

Ehud Barak told a parliamentary committee that Washington was busy dealing with fallout from the release of diplomatic memos on the WikiLeaks website, as well as with tensions between North and South Korea.”