Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon is being criticized for reportedly calling U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry “obsessive” and “messianic.” The comments, which were made in private conversations, were published by the
“Secretary of State John Kerry came here very determined and operates based upon an unfathomable obsession and a messianic feeling,” Yaalon was quoted as saying. “Throughout the recent months, there is no negotiation between us and the Palestinians,
The office of Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Tuesday would neither confirm nor deny comments attributed to him calling US Secretary of State John Kerry “obsessive” and “messianic.” Tuesday editions of the daily tabloid Yedioth Ahronoth quote Ya'alon
In the comments published by the Yediot Ahronot daily, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon called Kerry “obsessive” and “messianic” and dismissed Kerry's security plan as worthless. “The only thing that might save us is if John Kerry wins the Nobel Prize and
2014/01/14 – Israel's hawkish defense minister drew rare U.S. condemnation on Tuesday over reports he had denounced U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace as messianic and obsessive.