In a White House handout photo, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to discuss the formal resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in the Oval Office of the White House, July 30, 2013. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators would convene again in the Middle East within two weeks. From left: Yitzhak Molho, Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Biden, Obama, Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat and Mohammad Shtayyeh. (CHUCK KENNEDY/NYT)
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