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Kerry to Netanyahu: Let's Drop the Whole Settlements Thing


(Foreign Policy) Josh Rogin - John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Tuesday just before his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that both the U.S. and Israel should set the settlements issue aside for now. "What's important now is not to get stuck on the issue of the settlement freeze....What's important is to get to the table and discuss the final-status talks as rapidly as possible." House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) issued a statement saying that "building in the Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem is not an impediment to the peace process."
2010-03-25 09:47:22
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