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       US, Egypt Search for Renewal of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

   by Ken Bredemeier

   The United States and Egypt sought ways Wednesday to revive the
   Israeli-Palestinian peace process after Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah
   el-Sissi said this week he would "make every effort" toward a solution.

   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with the Egyptian leader in
   Cairo, with a State Department spokesman later saying the top American
   diplomat "expressed his appreciation" for Sissi's "strong support for
   advancing Arab-Israeli peace."

   But spokesman Mark Toner did not elaborate on any specific new effort
   to renew the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process that broke down
   in 2014 with no agreement.

   The Kerry-Sissi meeting came a day after the Egyptian leader said an
   Israeli-Palestinian accord would make Cairo's relations with Tel Aviv
   "warmer."

   Sissi said there was a "real opportunity" for peace in the region. He
   said an Israeli-Palestinian pact would "give safety and stability to
   both sides. If this is achieved, we will enter a new phase that perhaps
   no one can imagine now."

   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Sissi's "willingness
   to invest every effort to advance a future of peace and security
   between us and the Palestinians."

   Egypt and Israel reached a peace agreement in 1979, the first accord
   between an Arab country and the Jewish state.
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