Middle East Peace Process Stalls Amid 'Reality Check'.

The article reports that peace talks in the Middle East neared an impasse on April 4, 2014. Some cabinet members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government called for an end to negotiations with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat called for Abbas' government to ally with two militant groups the Israelis deem terrorists, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas. U.S. diplomat John Kerry said the U.S. was prepared to leave the talks.