US unwilling to give up Mideast peace process yet

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Israeli and Palestinian leaders need to make necessary compromises so that the nine months of negotiations can continue after an April 29 deadline. If they won’t, he said, peace “becomes very elusive.”
“There is always a possibility to advance, but leaders need to make compromises … If they do not wish to make the necessary compromises, it will become very difficult,” the top diplomat told reporters.

“We will never give up our hope or our commitment for the possibilities for peace,” he said. “We believe it is the only way to go. But right now, obviously, it’s at a very difficult point and the leaders themselves have to make decisions. It’s up to them.”
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki refused to declare the negotiations over and said the US is…

 

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