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Senator: Kerry briefing on Iran was 'fairly anti-Israeli'
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 14.11.13, 09:42
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1. Bad luck for President Obummer
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (11.14.13)
2. All attendees received a free bottle of ketchup
Yanni   (11.14.13)
and a raffle ticket for a chance to tumble Teresa.
3. Do this Idiot never understand ?
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (11.14.13)
I Quote - Kerry warned the committee against scuttling a historic opportunity for a nuclear pact with Iran by pressing ahead with new sanctions while international negotiators seek to prevent Tehran from being able to assemble an atomic weapons arsenal. “Our hope is that no new sanctions would be put in place for the simple reason that, if they are, it could be viewed as bad faith by the people we are negotiating with,” Kerry said before entering a closed-door briefing with members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, according to CNN. “It could destroy the ability to be able to get agreement,” he added, “and it could actually wind up setting us back in dialogue that’s taken 30 years to achieve.” Comment - why not lick the Iranians in their A - s, that would Help. Arn.Sweden.
4. Kerry administration behaves like they are working for Iran.
Adi ,   Zurich   (11.14.13)
Kerry administration behaves like they are working for Iran. Iran is terror. Hezbollah have 20,000 iranian rockets pointed at Israel. Black and white. Leaving Iran with infrastructure in place is like saying. Stop making petrol but we leave you the refineries. Totally absurd
5. Thank you dear Allies
ASTRONAUT ,   SC, USA   (11.14.13)
Thank you friends in Germany, Sweden, and Zurich! How is it, Mr. Kerry, that Everyone on the Planet Earth is wary of Iran's hazardous duplicity except YOU!?
6. Obama administration are either very naive or
barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (11.14.13)
we are looking at a very big conspiracy.
7. Oy vei, Israel left alone to attack Iran.
Nora Tel Aviv   (11.14.13)
Obama has no interest to strenghten Israel . He is interested in "Making Peace in our Times" with Iran. That`s what the British Prime minister Chaberlein after his meeting with Hitler before WWII .
8. # 4 Maybe they are
BUILD BABY BUILD ,   United States   (11.14.13)
that would explain obama's failure of duty to protect both Israel and America.... If obama can't help our allies or America, what good is he to US? As worthless as a tinkers dan. BUILD FASTER !!!
9. Kerry, Biden and Obama have ALWAYS been Jew haters........
Rocky   (11.14.13)
You expect them to change now that they have the power to really hurt us?
10. Israel should be at the negotiating table, not U.S.
Memphis Slim ,   Memphs   (11.14.13)
Susan Rice and Kerry's talking points are idiotic, I mean REALLY - The Israelis are supposed to sit back and wait until the deal is finalized before they complain about "sealed deal" that is a serious threat to them? If they didn't complain BEFORE the deal was sealed they would seem sort of stupid - like Rice and Kerry. If this is supposed to be U.S. foreign policy I am ashamed of our state department. We have fools running the show.
11. Obama administration - liars, all of them
Devorah   (11.14.13)
Agree to reach a deal without advising Israel of the details? A deal "needs to be reached and then they can make a judgment on its contours."? Bullshit! It is exactly the same ruse Obama and his thugs pulled on the Americans with his Obamacare, telling them they could keep their current insurance plans and they would save money. They LIED! It is exactly the same doubletalk they use every time they open their mouths, be it to friend or foe. Israel must not trust these people, not for a second.
12. USA like London bridges all fall down
BUILD BABY BUILD ,   United States   (11.14.13)
Kerry and obama a failed team of dummies, it isn't only Israeli's at risk, how soon they've forgotten, America's being threatened too, "Death to America" and the Iranians mean what they say. If the obama 'affordable health care act' doesn't do obama in, nothing will except, perhaps, the Iranian threat when the threat becomes a reality. So, when's the impeachment process to begin? Before of after "Death to America" threat becomes a fact? KEEP BUILDING ALL OF ISRAEL !!!!
13. # 4 Maybe they are
BUILD BABY BUILD ,   United States   (11.14.13)
that would explain obama's failure of duty to protect both Israel and America.... If obama can't help our allies or America, what good is he to US? As worthless as a tinkers dan. BUILD FASTER !!!
14. naive appeaser ready to destroy israel and usa arrogant fool
ralph   (11.14.13)
15. Kerry
(11.14.13)
Kerry is a nobody who married a rich woman and is now Obama's waterboy. He was ordered to eliminate Israel by giving the Iranians plutonium at Arak, and that is what he is doing.
16. THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL
SJOERD VAN DER VELDE ,   OUR BIG MULTIVERSE   (11.14.13)
THE PRESENT, COMPLETE GOVERNANCE OF THE U.S. BETTER CAN BE NEUTRAL, IMPARTIAL IN TRYING TO SOLVE THAT ISSUE OF THE PRESENT, ENTIRE HUMANKIND, SINCE 1948, OR WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE ENTIRE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION, ALTHOUGH THAT INSTITUTION MIGHT BE WEAK, IN-EFFICIENT AND UN-DEMOCRATIC, SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1945, IN NEW YORK CITY, IN THE U.S.
17. Thank you Senator Kirk
Rhonda ,   Chicago, USA   (11.14.13)
Thank you Senator Kirk: I emailed you over the weekend with my concerns about this whole matter. I don't know how how anyone can be expected to go along with some agreement with Iran when the details aren't known. And why were his remarks singularly anti Israeli when there are a whole group of countries who are equally upset and opposed to US playing amateur hour with our foreign policy? I know Israel is going to pay for this at some UN vote when we need US support but that is the way it goes. Obama and Kerry don't know what they are doing. Thanks to those at the committee hearing who were listening closely to the lack of details provided...
18. Kerry, note, wrote a letter to a Hamas-collaborating org. on
Hermon Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (11.14.13)
29 Dec 2009, urging it to act lawlessly and break the security blockade on Gaza, as exposed by the Israeli press this week. Having supported these lawless acts by Hamas collaborators tells us a lot about where Kerry's heart and mind are, and about his attitude about Israel, on the one hand, and Islamism on the other. No wonder, the Secretary of State is the right-hand-man of Mr. B.H.Obama...!!
19. Kerry is a complete and total liar.
DT ,   TA Israel   (11.14.13)
He lied about his service in Vietnam, he lied about his "heroism" to get awards he never earned nor was entitled to and now he lies about Israel. He fits well into the present US administartion. Our PM needs to treat Kerry and Co for what they are- pure evil
20. its to late after the deal is reached
Naftali ,   Modiin   (11.14.13)
Rice so what you want is for Israel to voice an opinion after the signatures are dry and there is little that can be done. Here is the deal if the US wants Israel and Saudi a Arabia to trust them and not have them attack Iran then tell them what you are doing and include them. It is our lives that are in danger not yours. If you do not want to include us in the negotiations then do not try to stop us. You can not have it both ways. If Iran is coming to you then they are the weak ones make them give up the most.
21. Senators want more sanctions
ger ,   raanana, Israel   (11.14.13)
Regarding Obamacare, the Democrats said they had to pass the bill to know what was in it, and look what a disaster that turned out to be. Sounds like they are saying the same thing about this Iran deal:- we have to make the deal to know what it is about. Another disaster in the making.
22. Kerry's Mistakes!
Son of Cyrus ,   UK   (11.14.13)
1) Keeping Israel out of the loop, given that it has most at stake! 2) Keeping Persian Gulf States out of the loop, given they live next door to Mad Mullahs! 3) Not grasping the in-depth effects of the deal on the security of not only Israel, Arab Sunnis, but also USA and the world at large! 4) Not understanding or caring about the consequences of giving more time to Mullahs without iron-clad proof or assurances which are verifiable! ========================================== WHAT AN IDIOT HE IS AS WELL AS HIS BOSS!!! ==========================================
23. Americans Forcefully Reject Bombing Iran
Jersey Jew ,   New Jersey, USA   (11.14.13)
& regard Congress as bought, greedy and self-interested ... not behaving in USA interests [See eg Syria bombing]. Hence, Israel/Lobby will kill Iran agreements leading to Israel only war resulting in a global economic ice age & disastrous global backlash. Congress will be replaced including Mitch & Lindsey while White House watches disastrous Israel backlash. Where do you think these Israel/Lobby behaviors will evolve over the next 3 years?!?? Not smart for anyone ...
24. WHO NEEDS ENEMIES WITH FRIENDS LIKE THE USA POLOTARIATE!!!
vicky ,   Ashkelon Israel   (11.14.13)
25. Kerry, the puppet
Etienne Prinsloo ,   Nova Scotia, Canada   (11.14.13)
Kerry is weak and clearly pro- Islam like his boss Hussain. To even imagine that the current Islamophilic Democrat government has any concern for Israel's security is wishful thinking. Obama's hard leaning towards the Shi'ites, thereby alienating all America's Sunni allies puts his political and religious beliefs in perspective. The tainted belief that Israel is to blame for all the ills in the ME seriously questions the political intelligence in Washington. This is clearly an ideology driven US administration with no regard for it's allies nor for the future of it's own peoples.
26. To #18 this is true and here is part of this characters Lett
Rod ,   Fargo N.Dakota   (11.14.13)
John Kerry provided a signed letter of support to an extremely radical group of leftists and anti-Israel activists who were organizing a march on Gaza in 2009, revales Maariv's Ben-Dror Yemini. Members of the group eventually wound up on the 2010 Gaza flotilla that included the Mavi Marmara, on whose deck a bloody confrontation between Turkish terrorists and the IDF ended with 9 dead terrorists. Yemini says that the Gaza Freedom March organizers included Ali Abunima and Omar Barghouti, leaders of the Israel boycott campaign, musician Roger Waters, and members of Code Pink, which he describes as a radical feminist anti-Israeli group. One of the Code Pink activists was Jody Evans, who had worked as a fundraiser in Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. As they prepared to begin their journey to Gaza, members of the radical group tried to get support from leading US officials. One official who agreed to do this was then-Senator Kerry, who served as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee at the time. In the letter he provided, Kerry expresses his “strong support” for the “humanitarian” delegation and asks that “every courtesy” be given them. Yemini adds that Abunima and Evans showed the letter to Egyptian officials, who decided to prevent them from going on to Gaza anyway. Evans and fellow Code Pink activists eventually boarded the Free Gaza Flotilla. Kerry should have known better, opines Yemini, after members of Code Pink met with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2008. He asks, “How is it that a senior senator gave legitimacy to a group that was characterized by support for Hamas, support for Ahmadinejad, and deep hostility toward Israel and the US?” Here is the letter where John Kerry refers to these anti-Israel agitators as "humanitarian" : Code Pink, in its announcement asking for support for the Gaza Freedom March, said that the US was complicit in Israel's "crimes."
27. Easy out
Hans ,   The Hague, NL   (11.14.13)
There's an easy way out of this dilemma… Congress can vote FOR new sanctions that will go into effect some (short time) down the line… That way Iran is presented with an additional "stick" (as in "carrot and stick") while they can't claim bad faith as it's up to them whether they accept a deal or not (in which case the new sanctions will go into effect)...
28. # 18 # 26 Couldn't that Kerry note be submitted as evidence
BUILD BABY BUILD ,   United States   (11.14.13)
in a Law Suit if Kerry were to be sued as an enemy of the state by either Israel or, better yet, the USA, which still lists Hamas as a 'Terrorist Organization."? Kerry's "support' amounts to an illegal act of war by inciting and going against our own US laws. Isn't that the definition of a traitor? Is there a Lawyer in the house? A "constitutional Lawyer"? The obama adm. is the most corrupted of all administrations. Hands down Jack. Pray for an impeachment perhaps via 'The (non ) Affordable ( non ) health Care ( less ) Act. ( yes, just an act, Folks.) It may be inevitable. Fool me once. fool em twice and, damn, after so many lies, It's the boy who cried Wolf!
29. More proof of Obama regime's pure evil.
Chaim ,   Israel   (11.14.13)
The Obama regime is not concerned that the genocidal Mad Mullahs are building functional nuclear bombs. Their sole concern is trying to stop Israel from PREVENTING the Mad Mullahs from doing so. This is yet more absolute proof the Obama regime is pure evil. Recent polls show Obama is only supported by 39% of Americans and falling fast. America increasingly rejects this horrid regime.
30. Just like Obamacare, Sign first then discuss
Norbus ,   JERUSALEM   (11.14.13)
Kerry, one of the puppeteers with his hand up Obama's arse, introduced him to big politics at the Democratic convention. Susan Rice lied about Benghazi, so why should she need to be, believed. Valerie Jarrett back channelled the Mullahs of Iran, just like Huma had Morsi' s back Obama and Michelle are hostile to Israel in its independent strong form Were it not for Ezrat Hashem, Bibi, France, Saudis, UAE, and the free Egyptians We'd have fallen to the HAMAN of our century
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