Kerry Holds Talks With Palestinian Leader

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talk with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas

U.S. receptionist of State John Kerry (L) and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas converse before a meeting at the presidential aggregate in the West Bank town of Ramallah on January 3, 2014.

January 03, 2014
JERUSALEM — U.S. receptionist of State John Kerry is continuing converses with Israeli and Palestinian administration managers in wants they can soon acquiesce on a structure calm deal.

Kerry met Friday with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Several hundred protesters marched through the roads there ahead of the U.S. diplomat's visit to denounce the calm converses as a delay method.

He first held converses with Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman searching to broaden support for the peace converses amidst right-wing members of the Israeli government.

Lieberman said in a statement that any affirmation between Israel and the Palestinians should be founded on the powerful foundations of security for Israel and a steady economy for the Palestinians. He worried the importance of proceeded dialogue between the two parties.

Lieberman before has been critical of the U.S. diplomatic efforts but lately has moderated his comments.

Kerry started his journey on Thursday by saying he hoped to slender dissimilarities over a structure to provide guidelines for permanent rank discussions.

"It would address all of the centre issues. It would conceive the repaired defined parameters by which the parties would then know where they are going and what the end outcome can be," he said.

"It would address all of the centre issues that we have been speaking to since day one, encompassing boundaries, security, refugees, Jerusalem, mutual acknowledgement and the end of confrontation and of all claims," Kerry supplemented.

Israeli concerns

Israeli major Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Thursday by saying there are growing concerns that the Palestinian authority genuinely likes calm. He accused it of inciting aggression amidst its persons.

Palestinian managers have accused the Israeli government of sabotaging the peace converses by continuing to expand Jewish towns in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. They admonish the Israeli government for falling short to thwart attacks by Jewish settlers against Palestinians.

Some Palestinians have disputed Kerry's visit saying the U.S. government good turns Israel in the peace converses.

An analyst with Tel Aviv's organisation for nationwide Security investigations, Ephraim Kan, said there is a lack of trust on both edges.

"I'm not very optimistic about making any real advancement in the negotiations with the Palestinians because both parties are not passionate about it," he said. "Both parties are pessimistic about these discussions. The Americans are putting pressure on both parties but it's not enough."

More meetings are arranged for Saturday and Sunday. And Kerry Agency has announced that he designs to come back in a few weeks to extend the discussions.