Israeli critics of peace deal take aim at John Kerry
As Mideast peace negotiations near a crucial juncture, Israel's right wing is accusing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry of undermining and failing to understand Israel's interests.
By Batsheva Sobelman and Paul Richter, LA Times
4:05 PM PST, February 6, 2014
JERUSALEM — Emerging from a black limousine, the tall man in the bushy gray wig lectures a small crowd of Israelis on how their holy city of Jerusalem belongs to followers of all religions — "Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Klingons and Hobbits."
He asks a young passerby, "Do you think I deserve a Nobel Prize?"
The two-minute spoof video, released on YouTube this week by ultranationalist Israelis, is the latest sign of how critics of a possible Mideast peace deal have focused their ire on the effort's chief champion, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry.
With Israeli-Palestinian negotiations building pressure for concessions from both sides, the right wing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition has unleashed a furious attack on America's top diplomat, accusing him of failing to understand Israel's security needs and of encouraging an international campaign to boycott and isolate Israel.
(More here.)
By Batsheva Sobelman and Paul Richter, LA Times
4:05 PM PST, February 6, 2014
JERUSALEM — Emerging from a black limousine, the tall man in the bushy gray wig lectures a small crowd of Israelis on how their holy city of Jerusalem belongs to followers of all religions — "Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Klingons and Hobbits."
He asks a young passerby, "Do you think I deserve a Nobel Prize?"
The two-minute spoof video, released on YouTube this week by ultranationalist Israelis, is the latest sign of how critics of a possible Mideast peace deal have focused their ire on the effort's chief champion, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry.
With Israeli-Palestinian negotiations building pressure for concessions from both sides, the right wing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition has unleashed a furious attack on America's top diplomat, accusing him of failing to understand Israel's security needs and of encouraging an international campaign to boycott and isolate Israel.
(More here.)
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