Zev Porat

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Israeli newspaper slams John Kerry: ‘Clueless U.S. mediator’

** FILE ** Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the American Jewish Committee Global Forum in Washington, Monday, June 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Israeli media doesn't 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."

Ynet News' Hagai Segal's angle: Why is Mr. Kerry trying too hard to facilitate a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, when Egypt and Syria are in utter chaos?


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Even The New York Times wonders this question, Ynet said. And his work to bring about this deal is only "placing American foreign policy in a ridiculous light," the Israeli paper opined.

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