Washington – State Department: Kerry To Speak On Middle East Peace On Wednesday

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    FILE -  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 18, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al NasserWashington – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will make remarks regarding Middle East peace on Wednesday and discuss next steps needed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Tuesday.

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    Toner rejected claims that the Obama administration had pushed for a United Nations Security Council resolution on Friday demanding an end to Israeli settlement building.

    Breaking with a long-standing approach of diplomatically shielding Israel, the United States did not wield its veto power and abstained instead, letting the Dec. 23 resolution pass in the 15-member Security Council.

    “There was nothing pre-cooked, this was not some move orchestrated by the United States,” Toner said.

    Toner defended the administration’s decision to abstain during the vote, saying the United States wanted to “send a clear message about our concerns about settlement activity.”

    “We don’t want this to create a diplomatic firestorm,” he added.


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    abuezri
    abuezri
    7 years ago

    Trump should speak at the same time.

    Speaksoftly
    Speaksoftly
    7 years ago

    After they dropped a match in a tinder dry region, now they don’t want to start a diplomatic firestorm. 24 days and counting.

    MarkTwain2
    MarkTwain2
    7 years ago

    No need to serve kosher food

    ayoyo
    ayoyo
    7 years ago

    Are they all blimd and dumb settlements are no problem at all. The problem is that there’s not one arab that isn’t afraid of making peace with a Jewish state. It is against their religion.

    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    7 years ago

    Does he know what the words Baal Kerry mean?

    7 years ago

    Mr Kerry,

    סיג לחכמה… שתיקה

    Please don’t talk on Thursday or on Friday. On January 21 or 22nd after you arrive in your home in Boston (or any other place) you can call all your family and friends and tell them everything that you wanted to say for last 4 years.

    7 years ago

    I can’t resist not writing as we all know it has to go back to 1967 Border and the entire state is against the Torah so let’s hope for more to come,

    WakeUp2
    WakeUp2
    7 years ago

    This shameless banana face is going public once again…

    Butterfly
    Butterfly
    7 years ago

    Doesn’t he want to retire with some honor?