JERUSALEM -- A peace deal tailored by the United States to meet the security needs of Israel and grant Palestinians 13 percent of the West Bank was to have been completed by Sunday.

But after three months, little has been implemented.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of using the Israeli elections as an excuse to hold up the deal. Netanyahu countered that the Palestinians are violating the deal by releasing militants rather than cracking down on them.

Netanyahu froze the accord in December, claiming that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had contributed to an anti-Israeli atmosphere.

Violence flared after Israel failed to release Palestinians accused of anti-Israel activity, prisoners the Palestinians say Israel promised to free. Israel said it had made no such commitment.

"The only thing Israel has done is accuse the Palestinian Authority of not implementing its commitments," said senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.
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