Kerry continues shuttle diplomacy in elusive Mideast peace effort
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting for the second time in two days with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS'), trying to nudge him and the Israeli leader closer to a peace pact that would establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Kerry, who traveled to the West Bank on Saturday, is brokering an intense phase of negotiations aimed at getting the two sides to agree on a framework to guide talks for a final settlement in the decades-long dispute.
Reaching a deal on that framework, however, is not likely on this trip, Kerry's 10th to the region for Mideast peace talks.
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After his meeting with Abbas, Kerry heads back to Jerusalem for more talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.