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Kerry to Abbas confidante: 'Stay strong and do not give in to Trump'

The former US Secretary of State also surprised his interlocutor by saying he was seriously considering running for president in 2020.

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Then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a bilateral meeting at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan on September 19, 2016.
WOMEN WALK past pictures of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in Nablus in May

Ending the PA’s reprehensible terrorist salaries

If the international community genuinely desires to promote peace between Israelis and Palestinians it must end its obsession with criticizing Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East.

|ByGABRIEL ROSENBERG
US SECRETARY of State John Kerry attends a bilateral meeting in China last month. (

Kerry defends Obama's Israel legacy, claims 'best friend' status

"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. We did a lot of leading to a lot of water, but people decided they weren't ready for one reason or another to move," Kerry stated.

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US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks on the phone to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, from his hotel suite in Cairo July 25, 2014.

Kerry to Netanyahu: US won't support new UN resolution after Paris parley

Netanyahu told Kerry that damage has already been done to Israel by the anti-settlement resolution that the US allowed to pass in the Security Council last month.

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Shapiro: Netanyahu, Abbas in stronger position than past leaders to reach agreement

Speaking at Conference of Presidents, US ambassador states support for Israel, peace process.

FEBRUARY 17, 2014ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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Center Field: Harried Kerry, Can we talk peace without demonization, bullying and sideshows?

Kerry is not wrong for trying to broker a peace. However, he and his allies err by trying to bully Israel to the peace table.

FEBRUARY 11, 2014ByGIL STERN STERN TROY
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NYT's Thomas Friedman: Third intifada is already underway

Influential columnist writes that third intifada is being waged on Israel's economic front at home and in Europe.

FEBRUARY 5, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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Settler spoof video has US offering a modern Western Wall by the beach

Satirical video shows mock Kerry offering humorous solutions to the Israeli- Palestinian dilemma.

FEBRUARY 4, 2014ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Actor plays US Sec of State Kerry in spoof‏

Lapid: Israeli economy will suffer without peace deal

Finance minister says Israel can't pretend that threat of boycott will not exist in event that peace talks fail.

FEBRUARY 3, 2014ByNIV ELIS
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