Livni, Kerry meet in bid to renew peace talks (5-3-2013 Israel Palestine)

The Jerusalem Post ^ | 05/03/2013 | HERB KEINON

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In a further indication of stirrings in the long-stagnant Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic process, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni met Thursday in Washington with US Secretary of State John Kerry, and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said for the second time in a week that he supports a public referendum on any agreement with the Palestinians.

Yitzhak Molcho, Netanyahu’s envoy on the Palestinian issue, accompanied Livni to her meeting with Kerry, where they discussed the peace process as well as regional developments, particularly Syria.

The meeting came three days after an Arab League delegation met with Kerry and US Vice President Joe Biden. Kerry said the delegation came to relaunch the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, which calls for a two-state solution based on the pre-1967 lines, with east Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital.

That initiative also calls for a solution to the Palestinian refugee issue based on UN Resolution 194, interpreted in the Arab world as enshrining a Palestinian right of return.

Kerry expressed hope that renewed US engagement would soon lead to a "substantial initiative" toward achieving a two-state solution.

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"On Monday, in an unexpected announcement, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said the Arab League would accept an agreement that did not call for a full withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines but included “mild” land swaps".

Kerry seeks to build Arab support for Israeli-Palestinian peace
Reuters ^ | 4-29-2013 | Arshad Mohammed

"Israel objects to key points, including a return to 1967 borders, the inclusion of Arab East Jerusalem in a Palestinian state and the return Palestinian refugees to what is now Israel."
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