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10th visit to Israel: Is Kerry eyeing Nobel Prize?
Attila Somfalvi
Published: 02.01.14, 01:40
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1. Pals reject framework agreement.
Sam ,   Canada   (01.02.14)
What the Palestinians demand is the 1967 borders with a right of return into Israel. That is the politically correct way of saying they want all of Israel. However,the media, the West and liberal Jews are too block-headed to get it. They are suckers to Palestinian manipulation and propaganda.
2. He deserves it, he made peace with being the dumbest
American ever!!!!!!! ,   he needs a prize   (01.02.14)
3. Obama already got his for ZERO success,Kerry can do the same
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (01.02.14)
4. A meaningless political beauty contest
Mea   (01.02.14)
I'm fatigued with leaders using the conflict to reach for a Nobel, but only when I fail to pause and consider how meaningless the "Peace Prize" has become. So give it Kerry, and the thing will be finally rendered as meaningless as a beauty contest. It is, after all, a failed idea based upon the whims of a committee, sort of like Time Magazine's 'Man of the Year'. No big deal.
5. Whatever he does I'm sure
Robert ,   farmington,wv   (01.02.14)
Whatever Kerry does I'm sure it's not for Israel benefit , but for his own glory. since when has anyone done anything good for the Jewish state. outside the jews. name it ? you can't can you.
6. Nobel Belongs to one who restores the Balfour Mandate.
BUTSeriously ,   Sydney   (01.02.14)
The corruption of the Balfour was & remains the worst Post-W.W.2 crime. It caused the Holocaust. Why honor those who promote genocide by again calling for multiple more states in the same tiny land?
7. "Security for Israel and a state for the Palestinians"
CJK   (01.02.14)
it never occurs to the lunatics in the white house, or the left, or the europeans, that "security for israel and a state for the palestinians" is a mutually exclusive proposition. nor does it occur to them that the paradigm of the two state solution might be flawed and indeed false, leading to paradigm paralysis. these international luminaries never consider any new model for resolving what is in fact an intractable conflict between the jewish state and the arab muslim world. to the contrary, by their hardened insistence on the two state solution, they set up the region for interminable bloody wars. it is very obvious that the so-called palestinians will not be able to govern, maintain order, set up an independent economy, or become in any way shape or form a sovereign state. they are simply pawns in the arab muslim world which needs them to divert attention from domestic problems. nor would the arab muslim world ever recognise permanent jewish sovereignty in any part of the land of israel. whatever they say or sign is simply a hudna in the service of taqqiya.
8. what kerry wants is to be next president
zionist forever   (01.02.14)
He wants to be seen as doing things, it will certainly get him the Jewish vote and it allows him to say look how dedicated I am to my responsibilities so I have what it takes to be president. Kerry will be at least as or worse for Israel if he were to win the presidency and I don't see him being much better for the US domestic policy.
9. After the way Obama got his...
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (01.02.14)
the Nobel Prize no longer has any meaning.
10. Peace Prize?
M.Benyamin ,   ozark USA   (01.02.14)
Everybody knows you don't really need to do anything to win the peace prize. Just ask Barry.
11. Like father like son: if his Boss got a No-bell for nuthin',
tom ,   tel aviv   (01.02.14)
then he must not be left wanting one....right? Anyway, after the diseased Arafat got it I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.
12. Security For Israelis Tantamount
Zircon   (01.02.14)
13. Obama takes special pleasure in bullying Jews
CJK   (01.02.14)
obama's pathological obsession with the creation of a new arab terror state has nothing to do with american national security. obama's pathological obsession with the arab palestinians derives from a narcissistic wound the he suffered from being abandoned and growing up as a half black child in a white world. the arab palestinians represent for obama that abandoned child and he is intent on rescuing it. let us not forget that large numbers of peoples have infinitely worse lives than the arab palestinians, but obama cares only about them. he does not consider the others as "colonised" by allegedly white european jews, allegedly the worst colonisers in the world. that is why obama does not care about the martyred north koreans, the syrians, or most of africa, homeland of his father.
14. Kerry's motive to endanger Israel.
Chaim ,   Israel   (01.02.14)
Like his boss, Obama, Kerry is a worthless egomaniac who seeks to endanger Israel for personal honours. A Nobel Peace Prize and another run at the presidency. Israel needs to give this loser the boot.
15. Morons applauding a moron
Leo   (01.02.14)
Hopefully all will fall into a pit soon, irremediably.
16. PA will go to ICC, continue talks in exchange for prisoners
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (01.02.14)
17. Kerry seeking presidency in 2016
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (01.02.14)
18. If this is true ...
Devorah   (01.02.14)
Then I would say that any person who, at the age of 71, is worried about being awarded a prize in his or her honour, particularly at the expense of others, is afflicted with a case of arrested development and has the emotional maturity of a child.
19. Birds of a Feather
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (01.02.14)
Obama got a Nobel price, why shouldn't Kerry? After all they have both accomplished naught during their terms inoffic
20. Nobel Prize...ha ha ha ha ha
gregg bowman ,   parksville, Canada   (01.02.14)
Kerry needs an appointment with a psychiatrist...not a Nobel ....warm regards, Gregg Bowman
21. Kerry's 10th visit to Israel.
Harold ,   USA   (01.02.14)
John Kerry will solve the Middle East conflict. The plan he is carrying is a US/EU document. The EU wants this conflict be solved more than the US. Merkel and Camron will confirm the plan John Kerry he is carrying when they visit Israel soon.
22. re: kerry
sue ,   mevasseret   (01.02.14)
he is ONLY interested in the nobel prize!!!!!!!! it was clear from the beginnning.
23. Both Bibi & Kery want that Nobel Piss Prize
Wise Saba ,   Western Negev   (01.02.14)
And will stop at nothing to get it.
24. Sounds Right...Arafat, Obama and Kerry
Netanya ,   Netanya   (01.02.14)
Worthless award. Given to a terrorists, a con-man, liar and now a person who has done nothing for peace and in fact, actions have put more Israelis in danger and increased the number of terrorists ready to kill Jews (all of the prisoners who are now heroes and being paid by PLO, etc) The peace award is a total joke, just look at those who have received it. If Hitler were alive today, he would also be a candidate for the prize or a past winner.
25. Do Not Trust The Fate Of The Jewish People To Kerry!
Ross Gallen ,   Henderson, USA   (01.02.14)
More bullshit from the Obama administration. It will do anything to divert attention from Obama Care and the known scandles of the Obama Administration. The American people have learned not to trust this administration. I hope the government in Israel views Kerry's proposals with a critical eye. Don't give away Judea and Samaria for a worthless promise from Kerry. There is no partner for peace with Abbas. Don't engage in illusion.
26. KERRY-Care or OBAMA-Care
ASTRONAUT ,   SC, USA   (01.02.14)
Either one is a HARD PILL to swallow. Keep your eyes open, Israel....
27. Nobel Prize
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (01.02.14)
Being given to Obama it no longer has any meaning. It's become a booby prize.
28. He Might Get A Prize....
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (01.02.14)
but we will get _____________.
29. #21 Harold - A minnow should not swim with sharks
Devorah   (01.02.14)
30. Its more about the West Bank Economy than PR
Sammy ,   Newcastle   (01.02.14)
For all the PA PR, the Media Attention – for East Palestine on the West Bank it’s the Economy that is KEY So you have to ask will another Intifada help the Palestinian Economy? Not only wont it help but it could well bankrupt us and set in motion mass Emigration as Palestinians decide yet another Intifada is one Intifada too far! Yet conversely a Free Trade Deal with Israel and perhaps Jordan the Gulf and Saudi Arabia so Palestinian Construction Companies, Palestinian Agriculture and Manufacturing have access to Israeli and other Arab Markets would put the Palestinian Economy on a growth Path that would be the envy of the world Whilst Hand Outs and Aid are welcome ultimately we have to stand on our own two feet and Palestinians have the intelligence, the resourcefulness, the determination and the pride to do just that We have absolutely NOTHING to gain from an Intifada and everything to lose
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