Joel B. Pollak
Breitbart.com
Big Peace
14 Jan 2014
Israel’s Defense Minister, Moshe “Boogy” Ya’alon, is facing criticism from the opposition after slamming U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot reported earlier on Tuesday that the outspoken Ya’alon had said that Kerry, who recently completed his tenth trip to the region in less than a year on the job, “turned up here determined and acting out of misplaced obsession and messianic fervor” for a peace deal.
Ya’alon added: “In reality, there have been no negotiations between us and the Palestinians for all these months –but rather between us and the Americans. The only thing that can ‘save us’ is for John Kerry to win a Nobel Prize and leave us in peace.” Breitbart News offered a similar analysis last week, noting: “The real negotiations are not those between Israel and the Palestinians, but between Israel and the Obama administration.”
In addition, Ya’alon was candid in his views of Kerry’s plan for Israel’s security in a peace agreement, saying that it was “not worth the paper it’s written on….It contains no peace and no security.” Israel’s chief negotiator, Tzipi Livni, accused Ya’alon of harming relations with the U.S., but other politicians came to his defense. “The State of Israel can’t sacrifice its security and it can’t outsource the state’s security to censors,” one said.
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Also at the site, ‘Leave Us Alone’: Israeli Defense Minister Slams John Kerry (video)
Iran Celebrates American Surrender; Obama Says “Give Peace a Chance.”
Our relationship w/ the world is based on Iranian nation’s interests. In #Geneva agreement world powers surrendered to Iranian nation’s will
— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) January 14, 2014
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Update: Obama Admin Attacks Israel As Ungrateful Over “Offensive And Inappropriate” Comments Defense…
…“To question Secretary Kerry’s motives and distort his proposals is not something we would expect from the defense minister of a close ally — again, that’s if those remarks are accurate, as reported,” Carney said…
Israel official apologizes after calling Kerry messianic
…”The defense minister did not intend to insult the secretary and he apologizes if the secretary was hurt by the remarks attributed to the defense minister,” according to a statement issued by Yaalon’s office…
