Israel Matzav

Kerry comes up with another whopper

US Secretary of State John FN Kerry is well on his way to out-gaffing the gaffetastic Joe Biden. Here's another whopper from Sunday's solo press availability in Jerusalem.

The security of Israel is always paramount – in my mind, in our mind. For 29 years I had the privilege of serving in the United States Senate, and I am proud to say I had a 100 percent voting record with respect to those issues of concern to Israel, and I don’t intend to change that now. Israel’s security is critical, and the United States relationship is ironclad.

But so is our concern for the people of Palestine and for the Palestinians and their future. And I can guarantee all parties that President Obama and I are committed to putting forward ideas that are fair, that are balanced, and that improve the security of all of the people of this region.

Aaron Lerner comments:

This may sound politically correct to American ears. But it is downright baffling to us here in Israel.

Let's put the cards on the table: our security is our survival and John Kerry is equating that to some amorphous "concern for the people of Palestine and for the Palestinians and their future."

What is as important as our survival?

Let's be clear here: Aaron Lerner isn't claiming that there is some conflict between "concern for the people of Palestine and for the Palestinians and their future" and "the security of Israel." It was John Kerry who used the word "but" instead of "and" to connect between the two
phrases.

A reminder:

"Likewise, the United States remains committed to the belief that the Palestinian people have a right to live with security and dignity in their own sovereign state. "

President Obama in Address to the United Nations General Assembly September 24, 2013

Let me spell this out: security arrangements to make sure that Palestinians don't murder Israelis impinge on Palestinian "dignity".

And so while these folks can say for the umpty umpth time that they "have our backs" and are "committed to Israel's security" they also think that Palestinian "dignity" is as important as Israel's survival.

Read the whole thing. 

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Israel's security, John Kerry, Palestinian dignity

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:07 AM