Israel, Palestine discuss peace in private -Rice

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are privately discussing a peace agreement and the talks should intensify in the next several months, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday.

"I do know how seriously they are discussing all of the key issues," Rice told reporters aboard Air Force One. "I think you're going to see them intensifying those discussions over the next several months."