REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Rome on Sunday for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on developments in Israel and the West Bank, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

"John Kerry will travel to Rome on Sunday to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu on developments in Israel, the West Bank, Jerusalem and region," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Twitter. 

The hastily arranged meeting comes as campaigning kicked off ahead of Israeli elections set for March 17. Opinion polls predict Netanyahu's rightist Likud party will win the election, taking around 22 of parliament's 120 seats.

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