israeli justice minister tzipi livni and palestinian chief negotiator, saeb erekat, made the announcement after a two-day meeting in washington.

israeli justice minister tzipi livni and palestinian negotiator met in washington. secretary of state john kerry mediated. he said they will hold talks in two weeks either in israel or the palestinian territories. >> i can assure you that in these negotiations, it's not our intention to argue about the past, but to create solutions and make decisions for the future. >> it's time for the palestinian people to have an independent, sovereign state of their own. >> the negotiations to create the state that palestinians have longed for have had many stops and starts. the palestinians quit the last round of talks in 2010 the to protest against the expansion of israeli settlements. they came back to the table after israeli leaders agreed to release palestinian prisoners who had been jailed for more than 20 years. here's how people on both sides view the resumption of the talks. >> reporter: this woman lives in the bethlehem city on the west bank. her son has been in prison in israel for nearly three decades. he is serving two life sentences for killing two israelis. he sai

israeli justice minister tzipi livni and palestinian chief negotiator, saeb erekat, made the announcement after a two-day meeting in washington. u.s. secretary of state john kerry joined as mediator. kerry said the negotiators will hold the next round of talks within two weeks either in israel or the palestinian territories. >> we all know that it's not going to be easy. it's going to be hard with ups and downs. but i can assure you that these negotiations -- in these negotiations, it's not our intention to argue about the past but to create solutions and make decisions for the future. >> i'm delighted that all final status issues are on the table and will be resolved without any exceptions, and it's time for the palestinian people to have an independent, sovereign state of their own. >> thank you. >> the peace talks have been stalled for nearly three years. confrontations over israel's construction of jewish settlements on occupied land have been a major factor. >>> investigators in spain say the driver of the train that derailed last week was talking on the phone at the time of the cras

tzipi livni says that the u.s. will take the lead in negotiating talks. is some hope. theye, when in israel, will see the first meeting and understand that we should not forgive -- give up hope. it is reachable. we need to do it because it is in our mutual interest. the understanding with the united states is that in order allowceed we will secretary carry to speak on behalf of us. despite her assertion that details of the part talks will be kept private, palestinian president abbas spoke to journalists and said that their demand for israeli withdrawal to 1967 is not negotiable. illustrate that the two sides are as far apart as ever. >> for more, we are joined by yousef munayyer, the executive director of the jerusalem fund. in new york, we are joined by norman finkelstein, a scholar and author of many books, including "beyond chutzpah: on the misuse of antisemitism and the abuse of history," and "knowing too much: why the american jewish romance with israel is coming to an end." let's go to washington first. i want to ask about the issue of these talks happening right

particularly, minister tzipi livny, who stood up in the face of tough criticism at home and use unwaveringommitment made the launch of these talks possible. i look forward to beginning work with them tonight. going forward, it is no secret to that this is a difficult process. if it were easy, it would have happened a long time ago it is no secret there for that many difficult choices lie ahead for the negotiators and for the leaders as we seek reasonable compromises on tough, complicated, emotional, and symbolic issues. reasonable compromises has to be a keystone of all this effort. i know the negotiations will be tough but i also know about the consequences of not trying could be worse. to help the parties navigate the path to peace and avoid its many pitfalls, we will be very fortunate to have on our team, on a day-to-day basis, working with the parties wherever they are negotiating, a seasoned american diplomat, who has agreed to take on this critical task at this crucial time as the u.n., u.s. -- excuse me, the u.s. special envoy for israeli- palestinian negotiations. assisting martin

but with capable negotiators like the minister tzipi livni and dr. erekat saeb, standing side by side here today and last night sharing together with their efforts, their expertise and their commitment, i am convinced that we can get their. we are here today because the israeli people and palestinian people both have leaders willing to he and the call of history. leaders who will stand strong in the face of criticism and are right now for what they know is in their people's best interest. their commitment to make tough traces frankly should give all of us hope that these negotiations actually have a chance to accomplish something. i am pleased to report that in the conversations we have had last night and again today, we've had constructive and positive meetings. both meetings with the united states president and also meetings with the parties by themselves. the parties have agreed to remain engaged in sustained, a continuous and substantive negotiations on the core issues, and they will meet within the next two weeks and either israel or the palesti