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2013-07-10 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israeli newspaper slams John Kerry: 'Clueless U.S. mediator'

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Posted by Fred 2013-07-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Palestinian Authority

#1 FYI the PA has just concluded an agreement wid Hashemite Jordan whereupon the latter will be responsible for Jerusalem's Islamic holy places -ISN'T THAT THE SAUDIS' RESPONSIBILITY, FOLLOWED NEXT BY THE PA WIDIN ITS SCOPE AS A "SOVEREIGN GOVT-STATE"???

Or is the PA indirectly admitting they are NOT sovereign, either by rejection or unenforceability of the "Two-State solution + Jordan's historical territorial claims to the West Bank???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-07-10 01:17|| 2013-07-10 01:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Israeli media doesnt have a favorable impression of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his push toward peace in the Middle East, opening one opinion page posting with this title: Clueless U.S. mediator.

Neither do we, the wrong showoff for the job.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-07-10 06:24|| 2013-07-10 06:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Not certain if it's the man they despise or the agency he represents. A justifiable response in either case I suppose.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-07-10 06:28|| 2013-07-10 06:28|| Front Page Top

#4 The funny thing is, with Syria and Egypt in utter chaos, the Israelis probably have more leverage with the Paleos than in a generation. Their cross-border financial and diplomatic sponsors are distracted to hell and gone with other higher priorities, and all the can't-wait-to-get-to-paradise crazies are heading to Syria to fight Alawi and Shia instead of Jews. Likewise, Hamas just got fed a rasher of twice-digested shit, so the PLO is stronger within the Paleo political environment, right? When both parties have resources they didn't have before, and the external pressure has been let up, the chances of a win-win result of negotiations are relatively high.

Not that John Fucking Kerry is the man to make that happen, him bigfooting around can only queer the pitch.

Posted by Mitch H. 2013-07-10 10:30|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2013-07-10 10:30|| Front Page Top

#5 "Mediator" appears to be code for "Douchebag"...

Posted by Muggsey Mussolini 2013-07-10 10:41|| 2013-07-10 10:41|| Front Page Top

#6 I just say the Israelis have a gift for stating the obvious. We've been saying that about Lurch for years.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2013-07-10 14:42|| 2013-07-10 14:42|| Front Page Top

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