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First of all the u.s. will no longer be seen by many around the world as the credible honest broker, a mediator between the two sides. if it reflexively takes the israeli position. and on the other hand there is very little chance that the u.s. will have any pressure to use over the israeli government so very little prospect the israeli government will move. ao i think were into for a long period where both sides will retrench to their positions. chuck schumer recently issued a statement that ke...

Israelis prime minister. >> well, kerrys speech obviously emotional and deeply committed. he spent a great deal of time and effort there, has a strong personal commitment, i commend him for that. his speech was essentially a defense of the two-state solution which he sees as slipping away, support declining for it and which he believes is the only viable solution to the conflict i share that view and i agree that its important that the two-state solution be preserved. unfortunately it came in th...

Attention whatsoever to whatever the obama administration or secretary kerry has to say. substantively, kerry has made what i think is the most important speech of an american policy maker in decades but politically it clearly is now dead in the water. >> so on that note, aaron, why wasnt this speech given sooner? >> ah-ha. and thats a very interesting question. daniel kurtzer knows, together weve probably written a fair number of speeches by secretaries of state over the years and i think the f...

This conflict has always been about israels right to exist. thats why my hundreds of calls to sit with president abbas for peace talks has been unanswered. thats why his invitation to can knesset has gone unanswered. thats why the palestinian government pays anyone who murders israeli a monthly salary. the refusal to recognize a jewish state remains the core of the conflict and its removal is the key to peace. palestinian rejection of israel and support for terror what are the nations of the wor...

Pretty much what anyone would have expected him to say. my hope now is that the prime minister will refocus away from making this the issue in dealing with the international community because israel is being increasingly isolated because of this issue and the manner which its being handled. its already isolated in the muslim world which is about one-fifth of the worlds population, soon to be a third and now with his taking on britain, france, spain, new zealand and other natural allies, i hope i...

In a speech ostensibly about peace between israelis and palestinians secretary kerry paid lip service to the unremitting campaign of terrorism ha has been waged by the palestinians against the jewish state for nearly a century. what he did was to spend most of his speech blaming israel for the lack of peace by passionately condemning a policy of enabling jews to live in their historic homeland and in their eternal capital, jerusalem. hundreds of suicide bombings, thousands, tens of thousands of ...