Israel Matzav

British Deputy Foreign Secretary to Israel: Obey Kerry or else UPDATED

Has there ever been another country in the world that's been talked to like this?

British Deputy FM Alistair Burt urged Israel to adhere to the peace agenda proposal of Secretary John Kerry, "This is an opportunity Israel and the PA must seize. The consequences of the failure of Kerry's peace initiative will be the international isolation of Israel. The United Kingdom is very concerned about such a possibility."

Burt should be told to stick it where the sun don't shine....

UPDATE 10:16 AM

Israel HaYom is reporting that Kerry has now decided to postpone his trip here. 

According to Israel HaYom, Kerry had been due to arrive on Tuesday, but put off the visit "to give (Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas) more time" to decide whether to drop his insistence on a freeze on Jewish building before returning to negotiations.

Kerry, who last week warned that time was running out for a possible peace deal, was likely to reschedule his visit for the following week, it said.

Israeli and American officials both refused to comment on the report.

Although the US State Department had not formally announced the trip, a tentative schedule from the office of Israeli President Shimon Peres said the two men would be meeting on Tuesday.

Palestinian Authority officials had announced he would be meeting Abbas on Thursday.
The trip would have been Kerry's fifth visit since he took office in February.

I don't see Abu Bluff waiving that demand and I don't see Kerry pressuring him to do so. But I'm pleased that Kerry won't be here for another week. 

Labels: Britain, British anti-Semitism, John Kerry

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:14 AM