WHAT PEACE DEAL???!!! BETHLEHEM (Maan) -- US Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that Palestinians must be assured that the Israeli occupation would end as a result of a peace deal. Palestinians need to know that at the end of the day their territory will be free of Israeli troops -- that occupation ends, Kerry said at the global economic forum in Davos, Switzerland. An Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement must include a full-phased, final withdrawal of the Israeli army, he said, adding that Israel would need to be assured of its security. At the same time, Kerry called for mutual recognition of the Jewish state of Israel and the Arab state of Palestine. He also said the failure current peace talks would threaten Israels Jewish demographic character. If talks fail, the demographic dynamic will make it impossible to preserve its future as a democratic Jewish state, Kerry said. Israels security cannot be assured unless it secures its democratic future, he added. The failure of the peace talks, Kerry said, would be dangerous for Palestinians.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:20:50 +0000
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