John Kerry says he's pursuing a "quiet strategy" to coax Israel and Palestine back to negotiations. Source: AAP
TOP US diplomat John Kerry has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the third day of talks seeking to piece together a plan to persuade Israelis and Palestinians to return to negotiations.
Speaking to reporters late on Monday, Kerry said he was pursuing a "quiet strategy" for ending decades of mistrust between the two sides, who have not met for direct talks since September 2010.
He refused to give specifics, but indicated that one area of focus was trying to build up the teetering Palestinian economy.
Kerry said movement in areas such as the economy "could be critical to changing perceptions and realities on the ground, all of which can contribute to forward momentum."
Netanyahu and Kerry met at David's Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, after "very productive" dinner talks late on Monday.
"I think it's fair to say we made progress," he said.
The two leaders had agreed "to do some homework" over the next few weeks "with a view to seeing how we can really pull all of the pieces together," he told reporters, praising Netanyahu for his "good faith efforts".
"I'm determined not only to resume the peace process with the Palestinians, but to make a serious effort to end this conflict once and for all," Netanyahu said.
For Israel, questions of "recognition and security" were key issues, he said in a reference to Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.
Israel's top-selling Yediot Ahronot said Kerry was hoping to get Israel and the Palestinians to sit down in Amman for four-way talks with the United States and Jordan.
And the Al-Quds daily said Jordan was to be involved as a key player in negotiations over the status of Jerusalem, which Israel claims as its capital while the Palestinians want the annexed eastern sector as capital of their future state.
There was no immediate confirmation of either report, but Jordan has been a key player in the peace process since it signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994.
Momentum is also gathering among Arab nations to revive the stalled peace process, with a delegation from the Arab Peace Initiative (API) committee to visit Washington later this month.
The 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, first proposed by Saudi King Abdullah, offers pan-Arab diplomatic recognition of Israel in return for an end to the occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas attended a meeting of the API committee in Doha on Monday, a day after he held talks with Kerry at his West Bank headquarters in Ramallah.
During the meeting, Abbas told Kerry the release of prisoners held by Israel was a "top priority" for resuming peace talks, his spokesman said.
Abbas also wants Netanyahu to present a map of the borders of a future Palestinian state before talks can resume.
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