Secretary of State John Kerry has insinuated himself directly into the Israel-Palestinian peace talks time and again, and most recently that has meant pushing the so-called “Kerry Plan,” which neither Israel nor Palestine seems to like, as the end-all, be-all idea for a framework agreement.
Kerry keeps ignoring the complaints on both sides and powering through to what he sees as the eventual acceptance of the deal, but is rather fueling anger from both sides at his surly tactics and perceived bias against both sides.
Israeli officials have been loudly, and daily issuing condemnations of Kerry, and is being called an “anti-Semite” by Israeli officials on a fairly regular basis. The US State Department is said to have issued a “warning” to Israel over what they called “distortions” of Kerry’s position.
And if you think the Kerry-Palestinian relations couldn’t possibly be worse, Fatah is openly talking about filing a complaint with the International Criminal Court against Kerry for comments he made during his most recent talk with Abbas.
Fatah leaders say that during the Kerry meeting, he told the Palestinian President he was expecting him to accept the Kerry Plan without reservations, and told him that he would “meet the same fate as his predecessor, Yasser Arafat” if he refused.
Arafat died in 2004 under what could kindly be called “mysterious circumstances” with massive amounts of polonium found in his body fueling speculation that he was assassinated.
There is no plan for Palestinians to have their state, there is the Kerry plan which is dragging on the Palestinians demand for independence into where Israel is governing the Palestinians. Kerry is nothing less then Bill Clinton and his offer or any other state department officials offering anything but what Israel is demanding, a full control of the Palestinians life.
I have a BETTER Idea, Israel does what it demands other countries do!
OBEY, UN Security Council resolutions!
Return to the pre 1967 borders, any Buildings to be left as they are for Palestinian resettlement!
NO SCORCHED EARTH POLICY!
I wonder how much of the Kerry "disrespect" claimed by the Israelis might have been sitting on the shelf since Kerry's unsuccessful 2004 Presidential run – in which the Israelis advocated for Dubya and actively worked to make sure Kerry flamed out? Kerry's "disrespect" for the Palestinians is simply that Kerry doesn't care what happens to them – they are just an irritant to his personal case for historical relevance.
All these "plans" go to great lengths to not make Israel have to suffer. This is why these "plans" all fail.