3-13-2014 Kerry: 'Mistake' to use Jewish state recognition as deal breaker Haaretz

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.579818

 

U.S. secretary of state says its a 'mistake' for issue to be raised again and again, adding that it was already resolved in 1947, when UN Resolution 181 divided Palestine into two states…

Kerry added that the issue was resolved in 1947, referring to UN Resolution 181 that divided Palestine into two states, one for Jews and one for Arabs, and reminded of former PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat's recognition of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state in 1988.

 

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