JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shuttled between Israelis and Palestinians Friday in his latest diplomatic mission to coax the two sides back to the negotiating table and revive the Mideast peace process.
Kerry returned to Jerusalem for second visit in lessthan24hoursaftera2 / hour meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, Jordan, Kerry’s base of operations during his stop in the Middle East.
That followed a lengthy dinner meeting Thursday night in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The goal is to restart talks on finding a twostate solution to the conflict.
Kerry, who’s on a two-week swing through the Middle East and Asia, met with Abbas in a diplomatic area of the Jordanian capital.
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