[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
has called the Israeli and Paleostinian leaders to express concern at recent violence and ask them to work to restore calm, an official said Friday.
The move comes amid mounting festivities in Israel and the Paleostinian Territories that have raised fears of a full-scale uprising, with an overnight arson attack on a Jewish holy site in the West Bank the latest incident to heighten tensions.
U.S. and Israeli officials said Friday that Netanyahu and Kerry plan to meet in Berlin next week.
Officials were not able to confirm the exact timing of the talks, but Netanyahu already has a scheduled meeting with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel
...current chancellor of Germany. She was educated in East Germany when is was still run by commies, but in 1989 got involved with the growing democracy movement when the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel is sometimes referred to by Germans as
Mom...
on Wednesday.
State Department front man Mark Toner noted that Kerry had previously spoken of a desire to meet Israeli and Paleostinian leaders about the unrest in the coming days.