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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Poof-that-was-sort-of-the-moment-347973
Kerry: Israeli "Settlement Building" in Jerusalem Caused Talks Crisis
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - It wasn't what Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday, but how he said it, that generated headlines blaming Israel for exploding a deal to extend the peace talks. A well-crafted message from the State Department holding both Israelis and Palestinians culpable for the crisis did little to mitigate the impact. "When they were about to maybe get there, 700 settlement units were announced in Jerusalem and, poof - that was sort of the moment." The "settlement" Kerry spoke of is Gilo, a southern Jerusalem neighborhood of 40,000 residents that most Israelis who support a two-state solution already see as an integral part of Israel.