July 29, 2013
WASHINGTON DC, USA (UPDATED) - Israeli and Palestinian (click here) officials resume direct peace talks Monday, July 29, after a 3-year hiatus, amid hopes US Secretary of State John Kerry's quiet diplomacy may this time carry some chance of success.
In a landmark agreement, the chief negotiators from both sides will meet face-to-face to draw up a plan for how the talks will proceed, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
The dream of a Middle East peace deal has for decades been a chimera chased by US presidents but has stalled since September 2010, shot down by deep divisions and distrust between the two sides.
After months of dogged diplomacy, Kerry earlier this month, on his sixth trip to the region, wrested from both sides an accord setting out "the basis for resuming direct final status negotiations," Psaki said in a statement Sunday, July 28....
Teresa is out of rehab after a terrible seizure. I hope she is regaining her strength everyday.
I don't see the Palestinians being assimilated into a homogenous Israeli culture. They have a right to a homeland defined by unique people, their traditions and heritage. I am sure that is something Israel can appreciate.
With all the security the USA affords Israel there absolutely no reason to delay this peace accord any longer and not one more year.
Palestinian children belong in their schools and doing after school homework, not training to be soldiers. That is not a playground anyone should approve of.
