George Mitchell, the US Middle East peace envoy, has not succeeding in reaching a deal between Israel and the Palestinians on renewing peace talks.

But despite the apparent failure, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it clear that Washington remains determined to make progress in the Middle East peace process.

Clinton said that the US government's commitment to moving the peace process forward will not waver, but she said artificial deadlines should not be placed on progress towards peace talks.

Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports.