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March 27, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.582255

Kerry Appeals to Abbas to Extend Peace Talks

(Ha'aretz) Jack Khoury - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and PA President Mahmoud Abbas met Wednesday in Amman in a bid to continue the stalled peace negotiations with Israel. According to American diplomats in Jordan, Kerry has secured assurances from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel will release 26 Palestinian prisoners as previously scheduled if Abbas agrees to extend the time limit for the talks. After Abbas addressed the Arab League summit in Kuwait on Tuesday, a senior Israeli official accused Abbas of parading "rejectionism as a virtue." "By reiterating his adversarial maximalist position, Abbas is undermining President Obama's vision of peace and torpedoing Secretary Kerry's efforts to move the process forward."

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