Israel PM: Palestinians making artificial crises in talks

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused Palestinians of creating "artificial crises" in nascent peace talks and called on the United States to get negotiations back on track. "I am concerned about progress because I see the Palestinians continuing ... to create artificial crises ... and run away from strong decisions that are needed to make a genuine peace," Netanyahu said at a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jerusalem. "I hope your visit will help steer them back to a place where we could achieve the historical peace that we seek," he told Kerry.