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US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that both Israelis and Palestinians were responsible for the current crisis in peace talks, but appeared to allocate the lion’s share of the blame to Jerusalem.

At the same time, he expressed hope that the two sides would continue to negotiate, but also warned that there was a “limit” to how much effort the US government could invest in the process if the two parties weren’t serious about negotiating a pact.

“Both sides wound out in a position of unhelpful moves,” Kerry said at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, delineating what he said led to the current impasse.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/kerry-focuses-blame-for-impasse-in-talks-on-israel/

Did it ever occur to Kerry that the Israelis and Palestinians don’t welcome his sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong?

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is it just me or does everyone shake their head when they see the words "US Secretary of State John Kerry"?
 

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is it just me or does everyone shake their head when they see the words "US Secretary of State John Kerry"?

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Obama
Hilary
Pelosi
Reid
jay carney
eric holder


lots of shaking going on
 

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With few exceptions on both sides generally the Israelis want peace and the Palestinians want Israel. Even if Kerry had a brain there's no working around that.

My favorite Twitter site (A Satirist view of 'Palestine':
https://twitter.com/ThisIsPalestine

He posted earlier (And sadly this is how Palestinians negotiate), "I can pray at my holy sites and yours. You can't pray at either!"

And... "Just a reminder that Sharia law is the main source of Palestinian legislation, according to Palestine's Constitution."
When Jew haters yell "Free Palestine" they really mean "Bring Back The Caliphate."
 

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[h=2]Wednesday, April 9, 2014[/h] Yes, it really is Israel’s fault

...It is clear, so crystal clear that Israel, perhaps not only, but basically yes, is responsible for the failure of this round of talks and, in fact , each round of talks since the Oslo Agreements. Israel is responsible because we are the ones who have made our “partners” in the talks our partners. We chose them.

Shlomo Toren..
Times of Israel..
08 April '14..

Livni is weary and angry. Kerry draws a long face and talks of horses. Obama goes for another round of golf at Andrews Air Force Base and the Middle-East Peace Process fizzles and dies. If it wasn’t clear long ago, it is clear now. It is, really, Israel’s fault.

No, I do not need to read the Economist, nor the Financial Times nor even the Times of Israel . It is clear, so crystal clear that Israel, perhaps not only, but basically yes, is responsible for the failure of this round of talks and, in fact , each round of talks since the Oslo Agreements. Israel is responsible because we are the ones who have made our “partners” in the talks our partners. We chose them.

Over 30 years ago I was in Beirut and saw how the last of the armed elements of the PLO were exiled to Tunis. From our base in a school near Baabda overlooking Bourj Al Barajnenh we could see the PLO headquarters, and the preparations there for the “fighters” to leave. Tails between their legs they boarded ships and sailed off leaving the glamour of Beirut forever. There was a vague hope that the PLO would either die or reform. It did neither.

One reason why the PLO survived was that Israel threw away what advantage she had, throwing the PLO a victory when Israel released 65 Palestinian prisoners in November 1983 (Fatah exchange) and then another victory when Israel released another 1150 prisoners and detainees in May 1985 (the Jibril Agreement). While the first Fatah exchange was limited and relatively tolerable, the Jibril exchange was without precedence and invigorated radical elements in Judea and Shomron. Those released in the Jibril exchange became the backbone of the Palestinian leadership in the first “Intifada”. Instead of defeating terror, we enabled it.

Since then much blood has been spilt, both of Israelis and Palestinians, particularly of moderate Palestinians willing to work with Israelis (which the more extreme Palestinians call “collaborators” and viciously hunt down) . Hand in hand with succoring our enemies, we abandoned our allies, who knowing what was best for them quit their jobs in the Civil Administration and fled for their lives. They flee from us till today.

So Israel established a pattern, and the PLO, now resuscitated, soon became the only “viable” option, mainly because it was armed, better organized, and willing to use terror against its enemies, in particularly, moderate elements that could threaten its hegemony. The result, despite Rabin’s election promises to the contrary was an agreement with Arafat : the Oslo Accords. The unthinkable was now inevitable, and all the warnings of critics scorned as the empty waving of windmills in the wind.

Rabin’s dismissal, even scorn, of his domestic opponents was only the start. One of the precepts of the Oslo Accords was to let the Palestinian Authority fight off their opposition without the constraints of either legal process or concerns for human rights. The result is a severe restriction in press freedom in the PA and other human rights there. Today, Israel props up Abbas’s corrupt, and incompetent regime on “Israeli bayonets” making us de facto accomplices in an authoritarian kleptocracy. The result is fewer economic opportunities for PA residents: unemployment, higher prices and lower wages. In return, Israel is accused of occupying Palestine in international forums and PA failures are presented as Israel’s responsibility.

Since Oslo till now, the PLO has been our negotiating partner, but the PLO, like the leopard from Jeremiah, has yet to change its spots and is, in its essence , still a terrorist organization seeking what they can in order to realize a Palestine from river to sea. Perhaps Abbas says he is seeking a two state solution, but in PA schools Yafo and Haifa are occupied Palestine, murderers of women and children are martyrs, the Right of Return is sacred and the struggle for an “independent Palestine” is still a holy Jihad. For our part, we are full partners in our own deception and many of us seem to revel in it. For those inebriated in the peace process, Abbas will always be a moderate and will always be a partner. So they say: Begin and Shamir were once terrorists and they changed; so has Abbas. Except that Abbas hasn’t changed and he never will.

Facing the end of this round of the talks (don’t worry, there will be others), it is perhaps time that we face our own culpability for choosing a partner that by nature and ideology isn’t capable of changing their mind set and accepting us and our legitimacy. Even if our options are few and men of good will and courage (on both sides) even fewer, it is time to take stock of where we are now and try to change something. We are not condemned by our past mistakes.

We can, and should admit to our blunder of redeeming the PLO from its exile in Tunis and we can and should target the current PA leadership with personal sanctions when it is clear that they have not renounced terror. Perhaps we can not replace the ruling Fatah clique, but we no longer should deal with them until it is clear that they are willing to compromise. We can and even must demand that the PA be made accountable and in turn, reward cooperation with cooperation, good will with good will.

Our continued efforts to negotiate with the PA is like doing the same thing time and time again and expecting different results and is insane. Worse, each time we fail, we will always appear to be the party that is guilty, regardless of the implacableness of our partner in the negotiations. We don’t need a Plan B. We don’t need more spin. We need honesty , first and foremost from ourselves. Time to see where we failed and for us to make amends.

Link: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/yes-it-is-our-fault/

Shlomo Toren has been a resident of Israel since 1980, and a transportation planner for the last 25 years. He has done demand modeling for the Jerusalem Light Rail and Road 6. He is married to Neera and lives in Shiloh.
 

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is it just me or does everyone shake their head when they see the words "US Secretary of State John Kerry"?

I think of telling lies about his Vietnam experience, because being himself is not good enough (seems like several politicians in DC practice this)

and registering his yacht in RI to evade taxes while telling the rest of the country they need to pay more taxes

shameless people
 

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The Jews strike back?

The Republican Jewish Coalition has released a statement “strongly criticizing” Secretary of State John Kerry for blaming Israel for the impasse in talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinians, calling Kerry’s statements “outrageous.” Executive Director Matt Brooks said:

After almost nine months of negotiations, during which Israel took concrete steps to advance the process, including the release of 78 prisoners - many of them terrorists - it is outrageous for Secretary Kerry to blame the Jewish state for the apparent failure of the diplomatic process undertaken at his insistence.

The simple fact is that while Israel has supported the peace talks, the Palestinians have consistently undercut them. Most recently, Israel has pledged to continue talks past Kerry's original deadline and the Palestinian side has refused to do the same.

Secretary Kerry's testimony today is a troubling consequence of the Obama administration's assumption that increasing the pressure on Israel will bring the Palestinians back to a process they have repeatedly rejected.
 

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That depends.

Are Republicans prepared to expose her for who she really is?

Expose what? It would be like telling the people of Jonestown not to drink the Kool Aid. The result would be the same.

If you think Obama has gotten a pass, wait till you see what Hillary gets.

At least a million of these.

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That depends.

Are Republicans prepared to expose her for who she really is?

Nope, the party you support is more interested in pushing irrelevancies like Benghazi, then chastising her for her war votes and war mongering, and her defecting blame from her husband, for his lies. That's why she'll likely win easily.
 

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Nope, the party you support is more interested in pushing irrelevancies like Benghazi, then chastising her for her war votes and war mongering, and her defecting blame from her husband, for his lies. That's why she'll likely win easily.

Irrelevancies like Benghazi, huh?

Even Cankles doesn't share your analysis.

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Oh The Irony
[h=1]Sources: U.S. urges Israel to attack Syrian forces threatening CIA-trained rebels in Golan[/h] Special to WorldTribune.com
LONDON — The United States is pressuring Israel to attack the Syrian military in the Golan Heights.
Western diplomatic sources said the administration of President Barack Obama has urged Israel to stop a Syrian Army advance toward U.S.-trained rebels in the Golan Heights.
A truck carries an Israeli Merkava tank to the Israeli-Syrian border at the Golan Heights. /EPA

The sources said the rebels, trained and sent from Jordan, reached the divided Heights last month.
“The Americans want Israel to stop a Syrian column from reaching rebel-held areas of the Golan, particularly where the Jordanian-based jihadists are located,” a source told Middle East Newsline.
The sources said this marked the first U.S. request for Israel’s military to intervene in Syria. They said Obama and his aides had repeatedly warned Israel to refrain from striking Syria, which transferred long-range rockets and air defense systems to Hizbullah in neighboring Lebanon.
The CIA has been training more than 1,000 rebels in Jordan in a program financed by Saudi Arabia. The rebels, blocked by Islamist militias in southern Syria, failed in two operations to establish strongholds in Syria.
The U.S.-trained rebels were said to have captured a Syrian Army outpost
at Tel Al Ahrar in the Golan Heights. The sources said the outpost contained
250 Jordanian-based fighters, with another 250 Islamist militia members in
the rest of the Golan Heights. With the exception of Quneitra, the rebels
were said to control most of the Syrian portion of the heights. which
amounts to 600 square kilometers.
At this point, Israel has not responded to the U.S. request. The sources
said Israel’s military and intelligence community did not want a
confrontation with the regime of President Bashar Assad as it eliminated
rebel strongholds throughout central and western Syria.
“An [Israeli] attack could lead to a regional war, just the kind that
Iran and Hizbullah might like right now,” another source said.
 

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^^^

If true, that’s ballsie. The only time Israel is recognized is when the dirty work needs to be done.

I wouldn’t blame Israel if they told the U.S. to fuck off.
 

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