Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

April 9, 2014       Share:    

Source: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=%22Israeli+Settlement+Plan+Derailed+Peace+Talks%2C+Kerry+Says%22&oq=%22Israeli+Settlement+Plan+Derailed+Peace+Talks%2C+Kerry+Says%22&gs_l=news-cc.12...0.0.0.12358.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1ac.

Israeli Settlement Plan Derailed Peace Talks, Kerry Says

(New York Times) Mark Landler - Explaining to senators why his latest efforts to bring together Israelis and Palestinians had almost broken down, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the precipitating event was Israel's announcement of 700 new housing units in Jerusalem. Aaron David Miller, a longtime Middle East peace negotiator, said Kerry's emphasis on housing could complicate his efforts to get the process back on track. "He'll get no points with it from the Palestinians, rattle Netanyahu's cage, and make the Israeli political situation more complex by focusing on Israeli building not in the West Bank but in Jerusalem," said Miller, now at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: