Zionist Kerry About to Abandon Talks, ’Israel’ Stops Palestinian Prisoner Release

Sources close to US Secretary of State John Kerry, including senior White House staff, revealed that Kerry may throw in the towel on the so-called “peace” talks in the very near future.

“A point will come where he has to go out and own the failure,” one senior official told The Washington Post on Friday. The official said for now, Kerry needs to “lower the volume and see how things unfold. If he goes too far, there’s the risk of looking desperate.”

This comes as “Israel” hit the talks with a new blow.

According to information, the Zionist entity told the Palestinian Authority [PA] that a planned release of 26 prisoners cannot proceed, placing already talks in further jeopardy after both sides took steps Washington called “unhelpful.”

“Israel’s” chief negotiator with the PA has told them that the planned release cannot go ahead, a source close to the embattled talks said on Thursday.
The frustrated Kerry earlier demanded that recalcitrant “Israeli” and PA leaders demonstrate leadership in the crisis-hit process.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source said the so-called “Israeli” “Justice” Minister Tzipi Livni told a meeting with her counterparts on Wednesday that the prisoner release could not happen because the Palestinians had resumed a diplomatic campaign meant to challenge “Israel” more fully in the international arena.

The talks hit a new impasse when “Israel” failed to free the prisoners as expected at the weekend.
In response, the Palestinians formally requested accession to several international treaties.
The source said Livni told the Palestinians that her government had been seeking to expedite the release when the Palestinians submitted their accession request to UN bodies, and that they had therefore breached their commitments under the terms of talks restarted under US auspices last July.
It said that Livni urged the Palestinians to cancel the move and return to talks.
White House spokesman Jay Carney called “Israel’s” decision a further “challenge” to peace efforts.
“The decision by the “Israelis” to delay the release of the fourth tranche of prisoners creates challenges,” he said.

US officials said that Kerry, who has pursued more than a year of intensive shuttle diplomacy, spoke by phone to “Israeli” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday afternoon, and to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later, but they gave no details.
Kerry’s efforts appeared to be on the brink of collapse this week after “Israel” announced a fresh wave of settlement tenders.
Washington described them as “unhelpful, unilateral actions”, but insisted diplomacy still had a chance.

Kerry threw down the gauntlet, telling both sides it was time for compromise at what he called a “critical moment” in the process.
“You can facilitate, you can push, you can nudge, but the parties themselves have to make fundamental decisions to compromise,” he said.
“The leaders have to lead, and they have to be able to see a moment when it’s there.”
He said, however, that progress was made at a meeting between Livni, US special envoy Martin Indyk and Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat that lasted until 4:00 am Thursday.

The overnight marathon “focused on the necessity of releasing the prisoners,” a Palestinian official said on condition of anonymity, adding that the applications for accession to several international treaties were “irreversible.”

Each side accused the other of violating undertakings given when the talks began.
“The ball is in “Israel’s” court now. It should release the prisoners,” former Palestinian negotiator Mohammed Shtayeh stressed.

The moves dealt a hammer blow to Kerry’s frenetic efforts to broker an extension of the negotiations beyond their original April 29 deadline.