MARRAKESH, Morocco: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday Israel must do more to get peace talks with the Palestinians on track, countering Arab accusations she had given in to Israel over settlements.

Clinton, who is meeting Arab foreign ministers in Morocco, is likely to be told they are disappointed she did not exert more pressure to freeze settlement expansion when she met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, who is also in Morocco, said earlier he feared US President Barack Obama's drive to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks could be heading for failure over the settlement issue.