"Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 10, 2014. The head of the Arab League said Thursday he is confident that Israel and the Palestinians soon will resolve a crisis over the release of long-held Palestinian prisoners and extend their U.S.-brokered peace talks beyond an April deadline. Elaraby told The Associated Press that the April 29 deadline would be extended ""for months"" and rejected the idea that the talks have failed to make progress. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)"