Kerry Heads To West Bank In Peace Talks Push

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 19 Juli 2013 | 20.18

US Secretary of State John Kerry is flying to the West Bank in an attempt to salvage his Middle East bid.

He will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as part of an attempt to get peace talks back on track.

A Palestinian official announced the surprise move after Mr Kerry twice met Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat on Friday morning in his Amman hotel.

A senior US State Department official confirmed the report saying: "Secretary Kerry will travel to Ramallah this afternoon to meet with President Abbas."

The whirlwind diplomacy came after the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah rejected Mr Kerry's proposals for a framework to guide the relaunch of peace talks with the Israelis, which have stalled for nearly three years.

Talks have stuttered and started for decades in the elusive bid to reach a final peace deal between the Arab world and Israel.

But they collapsed completely in September 2010 when Israel refused to keep up a freeze on settlement building in Palestinian territories.

A State Department official said in a statement that serious Palestinian debate over resuming talks was "appropriate and encouraging".

Mr Kerry arrived in the Jordanian capital on Tuesday and has met twice already with Abbas. He also won endorsement from the Arab League for his proposals to resume talks.

US President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resume talks.

"The president encouraged Prime Minister Netanyahu to continue to work with Secretary Kerry to resume negotiations with the Palestinians as soon as possible," the White House said in a statement, after the two leaders spoke by telephone.

An Israeli newspaper editorial pinned the blame squarely on the Palestinians for any setback in Mr Kerry's peace push.

"The Palestinians again did what they do best: they shot themselves in the foot and then cried that it hurt," Alex Fishman wrote in Yediot Aharonot.


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