ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/KERRY Kerry sees hope of defusing tensions after meeting Netanyahu

Record ID: 135133

  • Title: ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/KERRY Kerry sees hope of defusing tensions after meeting Netanyahu
  • Date: 22nd October 2015
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (OCTOBER 22, 2015) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF HOTEL AND SECURITY BEFORE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY LEAVES BUILDING AND ENTERS CAR AFTER HIS MEETING WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, CONVOY DRIVING OFF KERRY AND GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE
  • Embargoed: 6th November 2015 12:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVADXHUP34X2CHQ7IHSX8AV6CS93
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (October 22) gave him a "cautious measure of optimism" that tensions between Israelis and Palestinians could be defused.
    "I would characterize that conversation (with Netanyahu) as one that gave me a cautious measure of optimism that there may be ... a way to defuse the situation and begin to find a way forward," Kerry said in Berlin.
    "If parties want to try, and I believe they do, want to move to a de-escalation, there are a set of choices that are available," he added at a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
    Nine Israelis have been killed in Palestinian stabbings, shootings and vehicle attacks since the start of October, while 48 Palestinians, including 24 attackers, among them children, have been killed by Israeli security forces in response.
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