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Kerry Seeks to Ratchet Up Peace Talks
(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - If until a week ago the Americans spoke only of presenting ideas or "bridging proposals," now they are talking about forging a "framework agreement" or, in plain words, presenting an American peace plan to the two sides. The Americans have told their Israeli and Palestinian interlocutors their intention to put together a framework agreement. As Secretary of State John Kerry told the Saban Forum at Brookings on Saturday, "A basic framework will have to address all the core issues - borders, security, refugees, Jerusalem, mutual recognition, and an end of claims. And it will have to establish agreed guidelines for subsequent negotiations that will fill out the details in a full-on peace treaty."