A U.S. effort to revive Israel-Palestinian peace talks continues Monday with Secretary of State John Kerry holding talks with both Israeli and Palestinian officials.
Kerry is taking part in a ceremony marking Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day before meetings with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Israeli President Shimon Peres.
The U.S. State Department has said Kerry will press for confidence building gestures by the two sides, whose leaders have not held peace talks since short-lived negotiations in September 2010. Kerry is not expected to propose any formal U.S. peace initiatives to the parties.
His trip to the region has already included talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as well as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.