U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, listens to Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat make a statement to the press after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. Kerry said Israelis and Palestinians are committed to settling their differences and are working with “great intensity and serious purpose” to achieve that long-sought goal. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)