Nine months?

“Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will aim to reach a ‘final status’ agreement over the next nine months to end their long conflict, the US secretary of state has said. John Kerry said another meeting between the two sides would be held in either Israel or the Palestinian territories in the next two weeks. This, he said, would begin the process of formal negotiations. Mr Kerry said ‘all issues’ would be on the table for discussion. ‘They are on the table with one simple goal: a view to ending the conflict, ending the claims.’ Mr Kerry said the parties were committed to ‘sustained, continuous and substantive negotiations on the core issues’ that divided them”.