Kerry returns to Middle East to push flailing peace talks
 

* Deal to free Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard mooted * Israeli-Palestinian peace talks face April 29 deadline * Kerry meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders (Adds conclusion of Netanyahu talks, changes in Abbas meeting) By Lesley Wroughton and Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, March 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry rushed back to the Middle East on Monday to try to salvage stalled peace talks, possibly by releasing an Israeli spy jailed in the United States to push Israel to free Palestinian prisoners. Requesting a**nymity, a U.S. official said the release of Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in the United States for spying for Israel, was "on the table" as a possible element in a Middle East peace deal as an incentive to Israel.

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