Kerry should 'Drop the Delusions,' says Prominent US Journalist

by Eli Leon and Israel Hayom Staff

Washington Post editorial page deputy editor Jackson Diehl says U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's diplomatic efforts in the Middle East are "enabling the bad guys" • Diehl: Comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace is not possible now.

     

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry | Photo credit: Reuters

Washington Post editorial page deputy editor Jackson Diehl penned a piece Monday titled "John Kerry’s departure from reality."

In his article, Diehl recalls that during his November visit to the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry "portrayed the region as on its way to a stunning series of breakthroughs thanks to U.S. diplomacy."

Diehl quotes Kerry as saying, “This is not mission impossible, this can happen.”

He continues: "Four months have passed, and, sadly for Kerry and U.S. interests, the verdict is in: delusional. ... Kerry -- thanks to a profound misreading of the realities on the ground -- was enabling the bad guys."

Diehl writes that the alternative to Kerry's approach is to treat the Middle East as it truly is.

Among other things, Diehl said the U.S. should "concede that a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace isn’t possible now and look for more modest ways to build the groundwork for a future Palestinian state."

"In short, drop the delusions," Diehl writes.

Diehl's words come several months after Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon found himself in hot water following comments about Kerry's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In January, Yedioth Ahronoth quoted Ya'alon as deriding Kerry's Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts as naive and foolhardy, and calling Kerry "obsessive" and "messianic."

Eli Leon and Israel Hayom Staff

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=16589

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