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         Kerry to Meet Netanyahu as Palestinians Push for UN Resolution

   by VOA News

   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is due to hold talks Monday in Rome
   with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the first leg of a
   trip to assess the current state of Israeli-Palestinian issues.

   The meeting comes as Palestinian officials push for a U.N. resolution
   that would call for an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian
   territory within two years. A Jordanian-drafted resolution could be
   introduced at the U.N. Security Council this week.

   After meeting with Netanyahu, Kerry plans to travel to Paris for talks
   with his counterparts from France, Britain and Germany. On Tuesday, he
   has scheduled talks with chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and
   Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby in London.

   A senior State Department official said Kerry's goal is to hear what
   everyone has to say and work on a common path forward, while keeping
   open the prospect of a two-state solution.

   But the official said the U.S. does not believe a resolution calling
   for a hard deadline is the right way to resolve "a very complicated
   security negotiation."

   The official told reporters that type of solution is "not consistent"
   with the discussions that have taken place with the Israelis and
   Palestinians during peace negotiations, which broke down in April after
   nine months.
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