US Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking to BBC HARDtalk: "There has to be a giving on both sides"
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Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Israel and the Palestinians to
take advantage of the Gaza truce to move towards broader negotiations.
Mr Kerry told the BBC the situation could concentrate minds on the need to negotiate a "two-state solution".
A 72-hour humanitarian truce is holding in Gaza, halting a four-week conflict that has claimed more than 1,900 lives.
Israel and the Palestinians have sent delegations to Cairo to discuss the possibility of a longer-term truce.
'Greater responsibility'
Mr Kerry, in an interview with Zeinab Badawi for BBC HARDtalk,
said the US fully supported Israel's right to defend itself against
militant rocket attacks.
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"No country can live with that condition and the United States
stands squarely behind Israel's right to defend itself in those
circumstances. Period."
He said that Hamas, which controls Gaza, had "behaved in an
unbelievably shocking manner engaging in this activity and, yes, there
has been horrible collateral damage as a result".
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