Kerry’s Diplomacy Falls Short to End Gaza Fighting
By Sangwon Yoon and Terry Atlas Jul 27, 2014 8:04 PM ET
July 28 (Bloomberg) — Phil Mattingly reports on U.S. foreign policy and Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent global crises diplomatic efforts. Mattingly speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg)
It took U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry five days in the Middle East to negotiate a 12-hour pause in the bloody fighting between Hamas and Israel.
Prospects for extending that humanitarian halt in the Gaza war had evaporated by the time Kerry landed in Washington shortly after midnight yesterday following a sleep-deprived week in which he served as a round-the-clock, Cairo-based diplomatic call center for Israel, Egypt and intermediaries to Hamas.
While Kerry said his effort was vital “for the sake of thousands of innocent families whose lives have been shaken and destroyed by this conflict,” trying to broker an end to the fighting may have been a long shot from the start.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-28/kerry-s-diplomacy-falls-short-to-end-gaza-fighting.html
We are not responsible for the ancient rivalries in the mid east. They need to accept responsibility for their failings. If they want peace they need to work at it.
Cut off the money and weapon supplies and it will stop.
Perhaps your right and then again perhaps your not.
If only it was that simple. Any support we cut off will be gladly taken up by support from Russia, China, Iran, etc.
It is a cage match. Keep ot in the middle east.