conner powell is live in jersz lem. how is ariel sharon remembered tonight? >> reporter: harris ariel sharon has a complicated history. he was loved and hated by many. he was a war hero and others viewed him as a war criminal. no doubt his importance in israel. he was considered one of the last israel leaders and somebody willing to make tough decisions when tough decisions are required. but his actions helped to spark the second infatadda and he push pass security and entered the mosque. and he later as prime minister did an about-face and left and moderate right here and total disengagement from gaza. sharon concluded that israel needed to make its own choices and not have the world force the choices on them. no doubt in his importance. >> i was reading about the burial arrangements, what details are you learning. >> reporter: he is a former prime minister and he is eligible to be buried where the political leaders are buried. but he and his family chose to be buried down in his farm in southern israel. after his body and the casket lay in state in the knes

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conner powell is in jerusalem. >> secretary of state john kerry arrived in the holy land claiming thisssion impossible. while not impossible, u.s. efforts enter a difficult phase this year with secretary of state john kerry hoping to set a framework by april putting on a path to the agreement. >> the time is soon arriving where leaders are going to have to make difficult decisions. >>intent the last six months pressing the israeli prime minister netanyahu to compromise. despite efforts, there's little evidence of progress. among the many issues that need to be tackled for the final deal, the stickiest. the potential attack on israel while palestinians want troons out. netanyahu declared he doesn't think their truly serious about peace. >> unfortunately given the actions and words of palestinian leaders, there's growing doubt in israel that the palestinians are committed to peace. >> as peace talks continue, word came that family and friends had gathered by the bed of the former prime minister who's been in a coma on life support the past eight years since suffering a stroke in 2006. he

conner powell has more from the mideast bureau. >> reporter: harris attacks on soft targets like restaurants are rare. and taliban hit normally military convoys and government buildings. friday night as people sat down to dinner, a suicide bomber attacked the front door and taliban gun men slipped in at the back and shooting people point blank. >> there was no army or police. they are the enemy of the innocent and civilian. defenseless people. >> reporter: among the dead americans and four un workers and the owners of the restaurant who had a gun and tried to battle the attackers. with u.s. troops winding down their mission in afghanistan, the fear is that the taliban will attack the soft targets and destabilize the country further and removing the fragile gavenlt harris. >> conner, thank you. we'll go from the middle east to rushia. thousands of americans are heading to sochi for the olympics. russian security forces releasing the video from daggestan. it was between their forces and militants. seven gun men were killed happening 380 miles from sochi where the olympics are set to begin in t

conner powell is in our middle east bureau with the details. >> reporter: attacks on soft targets like restaurants are rare in afghanistan. instead, the taliban typically hits hard targets, things like military convoys and government buildings. friday night as people were sitting down to dinner, a suicide bomber attacked the front door. while several taliban gunmen slipped in via the back, shooting people at point-blank. >> there was no army in that restaurant. there was no police in that restaurant. so this shows that they are enemy of innocent and civilians and defenseless people. >> reporter: at least two americans were among the 21 that were killed. both were employees of the american university of afghanistan. also among the dead are several afghan workers and four u.n. employees. and the lebanese owner of the restaurant who reportedly had a gun and tried to battle the attackers. with u.s. troops winding down their mission in afghanistan, the fear is that the taliban will launch more of these attacks on these so-called soft targets with the resulting chaos destabilizing the countr

conner powell is live in jerusalem with more. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry is hoping tonclude a framework agreement between the israels and palestinians by the end of april and nail down a long- term peace agreement between the two sides. he is meeting with israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu today. and prime minister a bas later in the day. and other officials in the next day or so. last night kerry arrived for a tense visit in the region and said despite the odds a peace deal is not impossible but begin the conditions. it is not any time soon. they are far apart in what they are looking for out of an agreement. the biggest issue is the borders of a potential palestinian state and future of the israel settlements in the palestinian territory. right now 300,000 israelis is living in the west bank and inside of the borders of a future palestine. but israelis are demanding a continued military presence in the future of palestine in a way to prevent attacks on the state of israel. and palestinians want israeli troops out of their future borders and there are a lot of d