Kerry tells Congress Netanyahu wrong to insist on 'Jewish state' declaration from 'Palestinians'
"I think its a mistake for some people to be raising it again and again as the critical decider of their attitude toward the possibility of a state, and peace, and we've obviously made that clear," Kerry told the House Foreign Relations Committee, in a hearing on budget matters.The Jewish state may have been mentioned in the 1947 resolution, but the 'Palestinians' didn't recognize it then and don't recognize it now. Arafat said a lot of things between 1993 and 2004, but the bottom line is that he never amended the PLO charter. Does Kerry really want to go there? And as to the difference between the 'Palestinians' and Jordan and Egypt, at the end of the day, we had a border dispute with Jordan and Egypt. The 'Palestinians' are insisting they have rights in our heartland.
Yesterday, Kerry told a Senate panel that Israel and the Palestinians had less trust in one another than at any point in over nine months of negotiations.
"'Jewish state' was resolved in 1947 in Resolution 181 where there are more than 40-- 30 mentions of 'Jewish state,'" Kerry continued. "In addition, chairman Arafat in 1988 and again in 2004 confirmed that he agreed it would be a Jewish state. And there are any other number of mentions."
Netanyahu has said that the PLO's public recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is a "minimal requirement for peace," and considers the issue fundamental to the conflict: Arab refusal to accept a permanent Jewish presence in the region.
Palestinian negotiators say that no other Arab nation that has made peace with Israel has had to declare it the Jewish homeland.
Kerry dampened expectations surrounding a visit by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to Washington next week, warning that trust between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators had hit a low point.
But Kerry will do anything - ANYTHING - to get an agreement signed, including, but not limited to, selling Israel and the Jews down the river.
Labels: Abu Mazen, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel is a Jewish state, John Kerry, Middle East peace process, PLO, two-state solution
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:18 PM
3 Comments:
I haven't dubbed him KhmerRouge Kerry for nothing. He has a track record! He agitates to get his way, regardless of the human toll. And he is proud of it. That's his story and he's (and every Progressive Democrat I know) sticking to it.
But he, Obama, the Clintons, etc. have another round of $$BBillions in $lu$h to spread around, so stick with them, by all means!
Kerry was for Fatah recognition of a Jewish state before he was against it. Really, if everybody and their mother recognized the Jewish state including, we are informed, Arafat (ha ha) isn't it worse that Abbas still refuses to? But logic has nothing to do with this. Craven flop sweat tap dancing over the mythical olden mean between Sunni and Shia Islamic claims does.
Doesn't the PA owe something like 1 billion smackers for their electricity? Time to turn out the lights.
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