John Kerry, as always a statesman, on Israel/Palestine

[karynnj]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=11&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCQQqQIoADAAOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2FMedia%2FContent%2F2014%2F4-2-14-How-Kerry-sees-Abbas-move-on-Palestinian-state&ei=mjA8U63cNKmqsQTiwIGgBw&usg=AFQjCNGSFY9VUViBIX9RkNOU66ydIXMXsQ&sig2=TR6DesqyuWQ1VoRnHI_JcQ&bvm=bv.63934634,d.cWc

This is a short video statement.

My opinion:
He has always said that it is up to to Israel and the Palestinians. Things look very bad for a solution, but they were never highly likely. The failure is both that of Abbas and Netanyahu. Although it seems Netayahu has gotten exactly what he really wanted - no solution with Abbas getting the blame. As a Jew, I hate to admit that if the talks end now, the only real difference from last July and now is that there are more apartments in settlements.

It was a really bad political move for Abbas to have gone to signing the international agreements - especially when he linked it to Israel not releasing the prisoners on the day they were suppose to when it (publicly at least) was still under negotiation. He would have had more sympathy had he linked it to the 700+ tenders to build in settlements near East Jerusalem.