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Monday, July 29, 2013

Israeli-Palestinian Talks to Start Monday

Israeli-Palestinian talks to start Monday - Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (right) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) brief the media after their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel and the Palestinian Authority will resume peace talks today in Washington after a three-year break, the result of months of lobbying and a personal invitation by Secretary of State John F. Kerry.  Secretary Kerry called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday and asked them to send senior negotiatiors to Washington to resume direct talks.  The talks will begin Monday and extend into Tuesday. 

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