(L-R) Israel's Yitzhak Molcho, Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat and Mohammad Shtayyeh are seated for a dinner hosted by US Secretary of State John Kerry, prior to the opening of Middle East peace talks, at the State Department, 29 July, 2013, in Washington, DC. Kerry hopes to restart the moribund peace talks after more than three years of inactivity. UPI/Mike Theiler