Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Photo: State Department.

Times of Israel – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has no immediate intention of pressuring Israel and the Palestinians into resuming the stalled peace talks, and is still determining whether there is a “way ahead” in the process, State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said Wednesday.

During her daily press briefing Psaki confirmed that a meeting Tuesday of the Quartet on the Middle East would not produce a critical statement detailing the reasons for the negotiations’ failure. Rather, she said, it was a “regularly scheduled session” and the current focus of international efforts was on “getting the two sides to come up with new ideas and avoid unhelpful steps.”

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