Al-Quds (Jerusalem), March 09, 2010, SPA -- U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden says there is a «moment of opportunity» for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Biden is making the highest-level visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories by an Obama administration official, according to a report of the Associated Press. Hours after Biden's arrival Monday, the U.S. announced that Israel and the Palestinian Authority would begin indirect peace negotiations, breaking a 14-month deadlock. Biden is slated to meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and later with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas before continuing to Jordan on Thursday. --SPA 11:55 LOCAL TIME 08:55 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/756584