Posted on 01/14/2014 4:03:39 PM PST by SkyPilot
Defense minister called U.S. Secretary of State 'obsessive and messianic,' Netanyahu distanced self but stopped short of condemnation.
Senior American officials said Tuesday that the United States was not satisfied with the Israeli government's response to remarks by Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, in which he called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry "obsessive and messianic."
"We expect the Prime Minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] to put this right by publicly expressing his disagreement with the statements against Secretary Kerry, the negotiations with the Palestinians and Kerry's commitment to Israel's security," said a senior U.S. official.
Ya'alon's statements have sparked serious tension between the two countries. State Department Spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki told Haaretz on Tuesday evening that Ya'alon's remarks, if accurate, were "offensive and inappropriate, especially given all that the U.S. is doing to support Israel's security needs."
"Secretary Kerry and his team, including General John Allen, have been working day and night to try and promote a secure peace for Israel, because of the secretary's deep concern for Israel's future. To question Secretary Kerry's motives and distort his proposal is not something we would expect from the defense minister of a close ally," Psaki said.
Ya'alon has recently made several strong statements, both on- and off-the-record, against the background of Kerry's attempts to advance a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
The Israeli daily Yedioth Aharonoth on Tuesday quoted Ya'alon's derisive "obsessive and messianic" remarks against the U.S. secretary of state, as well as a remark that he hoped Kerry would "get a Nobel Prize and leaves us alone."
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Malachi Martin wrote that demonically possessed persons have stretch, smooth skin among the many outward physical symptoms.
Hey, maybe that's the case here, who knows? If Satan was to be interested in any outcome, it surely would be Kerry and Obama's goal of backing Israel into a corner.
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Defense minister called U.S. Secretary of State ‘obsessive and messianic,.
Yep, pretty much nailed that one.
Netanyahu needs to grow a pair of balls, and come out strongly in favor of his defense secretary's statement rather than distancing himself at all..... plus he needs to include 0dumb0 in with E'ffn Kerry as a threat to Israel's security.
I wish that Netanyahu would (verbally) just beat the living sh_t out of 0dumb0! Or ask Putin to do it!
1/15/14
“Israeli Minister Apologizes For Insulting Kerry”
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/01/15/israeli-minister-apologizes-for-insulting-kerry/
Amen!!
Interesting info about Iran that you posted. I also heard there are supposed to be blood moons during Passover and Sukkot this year. We’ll be looking out to see what happens. Probably something big.
Any apology should be along the lines of: 'I'm sorry that you chose to be insulted by the truth.'
Now that was insulting...to the late and lamented actor Ted Cassidy. Why would you be so unkind as to imply that he looked like that awful character John Kerry. Cassidy was a much better looking man and FAR, FAR more likable. It is almost as bad as those who have referred to Kerry as being “horse-faced”, I have some knowledge of horses, having begun plowing the fields with “Old Dan” at the age of ten and I have never seen a Kerry-faced horse, horses are much better looking.
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