President Obama wants to "listen" on his visit to Israel, not push a
particular peace plan, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said.
"We're not going to go and sort of plunk a plan down and tell
everybody what they have to do," Kerry said Tuesday in Germany, Reuters
reported. "I want to consult and the president wants to listen."
Kerry is on his first foreign trip as secretary of state. He is scheduled to arrive in Israel with Obama on March 20.
In an apparent reference to recent violence in the West Bank
following the death of a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail, Biden
called on Israelis and Palestinians to keep open-minded about a peace
agreement.
"We really hope everybody will step back a little and try to find a
way to proceed very calmly and very thoughtfully in these next days,
leave the opportunities for peaceful resolution open," Kerry said.
Kerry said that Obama would decide how to proceed with peace efforts
after his return from the region, which includes a stop in Jordan. The
new secretary of state met last week with Palestinian officials to
discuss Obama's visit, as well as a possible continuation of the peace
process.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/02/26/3120516/kerry-obama-wants-to-listen-during-israel-visit#When:15:43:00Z
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Kerry: Obama won’t push a peace plan on Israel visit
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