John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, has spent most of his
time, during the last two weeks or so, trying to resuscitate the “final status
negotiations” –that’s the official expression to name the talks between Israel
and Palestine on border issues, security arrangements, and the fate of the
Palestinian refugees.
Today it seems that his efforts are bearing fruit. We might
see both countries back at the negotiating table, after five years of
interruption and stalemate, next week. This is great news. I think it is
important to recognize Kerry’s efforts.
And encourage him – and above all, President Obama – to
continue along the same line, notwithstanding every bit of resistance Prime
Minister Netanyahu will try to raise. At the end of the day, the key to very
complex situation that defines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is as much in
Washington as it is in the region.
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