US Secretary of State John Kerry is to visit Israel on Friday to discuss the progress of international talks with Iran on its nuclear programme, Israeli media reported. "I hope we'll be able to convince our friends to work for a much better deal," news website Ynet quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying to his ministers on Sunday. "It can be achieved because Iran is under stress, and continuing to apply pressure and even increasing it can yield much better peaceful and diplomatic results," he added.