Kerry leaves for Geneva; Netanyahu talks tough on Iran
JERUSALEM -- U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry's latest Mideast visit appeared to end in discord for Israel on the twin issues on the agenda, Israeli-Palestinian talks and Iran's nuclear program.
As Kerry left Israel for Geneva to help in negotiations with Iran, he made no concluding announcement on his series of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. According to Israeli media, Kerry canceled a planned joint statement to avoid clashing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in public.
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Kerry warned Israelis against indifference and cautioned Israel that the price of failure could deliver violence at their doorstep and result in a third Palestinian uprising.
Kerry also took Israel's ongoing settlement expansion to task. "Let me ask you something ... if you say you're working for peace ... how can you say we're building in that place that will eventually be Palestine?" Kerry asked, and answered: "So it sends a message that somehow perhaps you're not really serious."
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