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December 28, 2016

Kerry's Delusional Rant Blames Israel for His Own Failures

Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (File photo)
"If John Kerry has been working to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians, he just made a convincing case about how miserably he has failed.

So why would anyone think his 11th-hour, 8,709-word scolding to Israel Wednesday will suddenly move the ball forward?...

Fact is, there's no consensus on any part of the Kerry-Obama vision in the United States or the Middle East - and Team Obama knows it. Why else would they wait until the last three weeks of their tenure to make their plan public, and spell it out only after delivering a swift blow to Israel at the UN Security Council (on the Friday before Christmas weekend, no less)?

Here's the core problem: Kerry and Obama suffer under the delusion that the parties to such a deal both want it. Yet Palestinians have had numerous opportunities - going back decades - to reach a compromise and have rejected it every time...

How pathetic and harmful that after years of failure - not just on the Israel-Palestinian front, but throughout the world - Team Obama is now desperately looking to lock in terms and tie the hands of a Trump team that is vowing a new direction..."
Date
December 28, 2016
Title
Kerry’s Delusional Rant Blames Israel for His Own Failures, The New York Post
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http://nypost.com/2016/12/28/kerrys-delusional-rant-blames-israel-for-his-own-failures/
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Related Documents

Date Title
12/28/2016 Secretary of State John Kerry Remarks on Middle East Peace
12/23/2016 Security Council Resolution S/RES/2334 (2016)
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