Posted on 08/09/2013 6:39:58 PM PDT by haffast
Secretary of State John Kerry and an elite US diplomatic team met with a small group of American Jewish leaders at the White House Thursday night to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that resumed last month.
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Kerry told the leaders that one of the lynchpins of the current peace process is the separation of Israel’s security assurances from the general negotiations, assurances he said would be guaranteed in a separate agreement with the US.
The security track is being worked out under the auspices of retired Marine Corps general John Allen, who is currently Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s special adviser for the Middle East Peace.
Kerry also emphasized the economic development track being pursued with the Palestinians, particularly the encouragement of private investment in the West Bank.
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Kerry did most of the talking during the 90-minute meeting, but he was joined by nearly a dozen administration officials including White House Special Envoy for Mideast Peace Martin Indyk, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, senior adviser Frank Lowenstein and deputy national security adviser for strategic communications Ben Rhodes.
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The meeting was not listed on the public calendar for the White House, where it was held, or for the State Department.
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The Jewish leadership was a virtual who’s who of the American Jewish community, representing a broad political spectrum, including representatives from the Orthodox Union as well as J Street, and including leaders such as the Anti-Defamation League’s Abe Foxman and the Conference of Presidents’ Malcolm Hoenlein.
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So, if Israel doesn’t sign a peace deal with the Palestinians, the U.S. won’t guarantee protection for Israel. Am I reading this right?
Mr. kerry supported the Boston terrorists’ Mosque
as it was being built — before the Boston Atrocity.
There has been as much followup, as there has
been of Hasan or the IRS Atrocity.
No doubt Kerry’s antiSemitism was the reason
he was chosen to attempt to remove Jerusalem
from Israel and to create an Israeli Atrocity.
Meeting with American Jews to discuss deals with Israel.
You have to be kidding.
American Jews don’t even like Israel.
Kerry needs to stay on his boat.
I think Kerry should worry more about his eternal future if he keeps trying to undermine G_d's chosen.
Kerry needs to bone up on his religious upbringing about Israel. He’s rooting for the wrong side.
Is Kerry really that stupid?
Kerry: Hey nice country ya got there. Shame if sumptin’ happened to it.
Sounds like a clear threat to me.
Sounds like a threat to me.
I’m sure that Israel is impressed with Kerry’s “guarantees” of its security. They should tell horse-face to go back to his yacht.
Israel has as strong a future as any nation in the region. The only way they screw it up is to listen to F’in Kerry instead of Yahweh.
Hasn’t Israel made numerous “peace deals” already? Each time they give up some of their land. Each time, the Palestinians move their rocket launchers up to the new border.
If Israel dies, it will be by suicide. I learned recently that every Israelis citizen is required to buy health insurance - mandatory, universal coverage. It has become just another socialist republic.
That is exactly how I read it.
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We can’t even guarantee safety to our ambassadors, how would we guarantee safety to an entire nation? The Israelis would be wise to reject any offer from the paper tiger. What’s the worst Obama can do. Call them ‘bored kids who slouch”?
Kerry sees his Nobel Peace Prize slipping away
This administration is definately not a friend of the Jews.
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