John Kerry implies Israel has security and prosperity therefore there will be no peace with Palestine
Secretary of State John Kerry was set to speak at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and made some interesting comments regarding the last of peace between Israel and Palestine.
“I think there is an opportunity [for peace], but for many reasons it’s not on the tips of everyone’s tongue. People in Israel aren’t waking up every day and wondering if tomorrow there will be peace because there is a sense of security and a sense of accomplishment and of prosperity.”
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Too much security and prosperity?
If that sounded strange to you, then you are not alone.
The Jewish Press posted: “So, Secretary Kerry thinks it would be better for Israel to approach negotiations from a position of precarious poverty? Does he think Israel’s quest for legitimacy and security in an unstable, over-armed and hostile region would be better received if Israel were a needy, insecure supplicant to Palestinian and Arab interests? Or that the Palestinians would have pity on an unnerved and anxious Israel struggling with a bankrupt, aid-dependent economy?”
It’s difficult to understand what the Secretary of State is implying other than this interpretation.
Kerry appears to be saying that Palestinians need to be independent and prosperous, while Israel’s prosperity is seen as something that’s blocking the peace process.
