the last moment because they weren t on mr. obama s official schedule. he expressed his appreciation for the two sides coming together. the israeli-palestinian delegations are just now beginning to talk to each other and the goal of today s meeting $ set up a framework for resolving the so-called final status issues, the 22 years of mideast peace negotiations have failed to find agreement on. we re talking about borders, status of jerusalem, israeli security and the rights of palestinian refugees. secretary kerry says the two sides will meet within the next two weeks, either in israel or in the palestinian territory. last night secretary kerry hosted the delegations at a dinner after meeting with each of them separately. there was no real negotiating at that dinner. the dinner was more about establishing that each side had come to washington serious about reaching an agreement and negotiating in good faith. this is the second push for a mideast peace agreement of the obama administrati