JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel will not compromise on security in a peace deal with the Palestinians, and any agreement will be brought to a vote of the people, Benjamin Netanyahu said following a meeting with John Kerry.

Netanyahu met three times with the U.S. secretary of state, who arrived at the end of last week for meetings with Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to revitalize the peace process. The final Netanyahu-Kerry meeting took place over six hours on Saturday night and early Sunday morning.

“Israel is ready to begin negotiations without delay, without preconditions. We are not putting up any impediments on the resumption of the permanent talks and a peace agreement between us and the Palestinians. There are things that we will strongly insist on in the talks themselves, especially security. We will not compromise on security and there will be no agreement that will endanger Israelis’ security, and I believe, I think, that it is necessary that any agreement, if it is achieved, be submitted to the people for a decision,” Netanyahu said Sunday morning at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, just hours after completing his last session with Kerry.

Kerry met Sunday morning in Ramallah with Abbas for a third time and was set to leave Israel Sunday afternoon after making a statement.