Kerry: Progress made in peace talks

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By DEB RIECHMANN

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Kerry says "real progress" has been made on Mideast talks but more work is needed.

Kerry told reporters on Sunday that there have been "positive discussions" and "very important discussions" toward peace between the Israelis and Palestinians during the past few days.

Kerry, who has been shuttling between meetings with leaders of both sides, spoke after a two-hour meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas inside Muqataa, the Palestinian Presidential compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah, on Sunday, June 30, 2013. Kerry, engaged in breakneck shuttle diplomacy to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into peace talks, drove to the West Bank on Sunday to have a third meeting in as many days with Abbas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

[Kolesar]

1. Hezbollah is being used by the Iranians

Just thought I would throw that in

[Scootaloo]

2. Okay then, thanks for throwing that in.

Are you going to want it back?

[helomech]

3. lol

Soooooo... Kerry makes progress in peace talks... lets see.... He got Abbas to accept Israel as a legit nation. No, maybe he's telling the head of the hamas that Israel will give them all the land they wanted, yeah, that must be it...OH NO!! wait wait!!! I KNOW!! The Jews are just going to leave and give them back the land that the muslims claim is there's but never really was!!!!

[OldRedneck]

5. And what land would that be?

You say: ". . . the land that the muslims claim is there's but never really was!!!!"

And what land would that be?

How far back do we go?

-- After WW II when the State of Israel was formed by UN decree and Israelis moved in, forcing out Arabs who had lived on the land for centuries?

-- Moses fleeing Egypt to a land of milk and honey?

-- Abraham (if such a person even existed)?

Pick a date and someone has a legitimate claim to "the land."

[OldRedneck]

4. And I'll just throw in this smart-aleck remark

I'm 68 years old and I can't count the number of times I have heard about "real progress" being made but "more work is needed."

Just saying.

[geek tragedy]

6. Spin, spin, spin. He's got nothing.

There is no interest in a negotiated resolution over there. Kerry is wasting time and political capital.