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April 4, 2014

Mideast Peace Talks Founder After Israel Cancels Prisoner Release 
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U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians have
deadlocked after Israel cancelled a planned release of Palestinian
prisoners. The move came after Palestinians applied for membership in 15
international conventions and treaties. Speaking Thursday in Algeria,
Secretary of State John Kerry said the talks had reached a critical
point.

Secretary of State John Kerry: "The disagreement between them is not
over the fundamental substance of a final status agreement. It's over
the process that would get you there and what you need to do in order to
be able to continue to negotiate. It would be a tragedy for both of
them, we would say, for them to lose the opportunity to get to those
real issues that are the differences of a final status agreement."

Earlier today, Secretary of State Kerry said the United States would
re-evaluate its approach to the talks to determine whether or not it is
worth continuing their efforts.

 

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