Palestinians sign international conventions to press Israel; U.S. hopes to keep talks going


  • World
  • Wednesday, 02 Apr 2014

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A surprise decision by the Palestinian leadership to sign more than a dozen international conventions giving it greater leverage against Israel left the United States struggling to put peace talks back on track.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry cancelled a visit to the de facto Palestinian capital, Ramallah, planned for Wednesday after President Mahmoud Abbas made the announcement on Tuesday in a meeting of senior officials of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

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