WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning that the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.

In an unusual joint interview with Israeli and Palestinian television broadcasters a day after she presided over the launch of the first direct talks in two years, Clinton said the rise of Iranian-backed extremist ideology in the Middle East is a major reason why time is short.

Iran's suspected nuclear ambitions have surfaced as a new motivating factor for a Mideast resolution. There have been growing Israeli warnings that the nation might take military steps to blunt Iran's nuclear program, and even some of Israel's Arab neighbors have shown concerns.

The administration believes that a successful Mideast peace deal would limit Iran's ability to use Mideast tensions to justify its behavior.

"I think that time is not on the side of either Israeli or Palestinian aspirations for security, peace and a state," she said. Iranian-sponsored "rejectionist ideology" and a "commitment to violence" by those opposed to peace make reaching an agreement quickly all the more necessary, she said.

"The United States," Clinton added, "wants to weigh in on the side of leaders and people who see this as maybe the last chance for a very long time to resolve this."

Shortly before the interview, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed the peace talks, saying "the fate of Palestine will be decided in Palestine and through resistance and not in Washington."

Iran supports the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, which along with the West Bank is supposed to form an eventual Palestinian state. Hamas also rejected the talks this week.

The Obama administration wants a peace deal concluded within a year and both sides pledged Thursday to try to meet that goal in successive rounds of talks. Despite early positive signals from Israeli and Palestinian leaders, hopes for an agreement rest on overcoming significant obstacles and decades of hostility and suspicion.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet for a second round of talks in Egypt on Sept. 14 and 15 and thereafter about every two weeks while lower-level negotiations continue on ironing out specifics of compromises that both sides will have to make.

After the meeting in Egypt, Netanyahu and Abbas will likely see each other, as well as President Barack Obama, again on the sidelines of the upcoming U.N. General Assembly session in the third week of September.

The talks will face their first tough test shortly after the U.N. gathering, when an Israeli freeze on settlement activity in the West Bank is due to expire. The Palestinians have threatened to walk out of the talks if the freeze is not extended. The Israelis have said the freeze will be allowed to expire.

"The Israelis think that it will be difficult to extend the moratorium, while this issue is very important for us," said Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. "It's a make it or break it. It will not be possible to continue the negotiations if settlement activities continue."

Clinton would not address the settlement freeze in the interview and U.S. officials have said the way forward must be handled by the parties themselves, although they have made it no secret that they would like the moratorium to continue in some form beyond its Sept. 26 expiration.

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What a surprise. Iran and Hamas doesn't wanna see peace in the region. If Iran or Hamas throws a monkey wrench into this process that should be considered the final straw and an act of terrorism or war, and should be dealt with accordingly.

Obama hasn't got the Nuggets!

What a dumb b!tch!! There is never going to be peace between those two as long as the filthy Palestinians continue to occupy the Israeli territory.

The Palestinians have made it clear that they do not want peace with Israel, they want to eliminate them. So Israel must eliminate them first.

Iran and Hamas are both pushing for a conflict. Hamas militants already killed 4 Israeli's this week for no reason. Meanwhile, Oblowme is blowing smoke up their azzez trying to say that Iran is only bluffing, but Israel is smarter than he is.

Israel will be pushed to the point of a reactionary military operation, and the worthless UN will turn its head the other way when it comes to Iran or Hamas or any other terrorists, but then they will condemn Israel when they react to a threat or an attack.

Here is Israel's response...

The Jericho Missile.

Each tipped with a kiloton class nuke!

Hope Iran likes glowing in the dark!

Bump