US taking a pause, reassessing after peace talk failure

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US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he would pause and reassess what might be possible after failing to meet his April 29 goal for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, saying both sides still wanted to try to negotiate. In his first public comments since the deadline passed, Kerry appeared to push back against descriptions of his talks as fruitless, saying important progress was made during the nine- month effort. “Both parties still indicate that they feel it’s important to negotiate and want to find a way to negotiate,” Kerry said during a trip to Ethiopia. “So we believe the best thing to do right now is pause…

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