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July 30, 2004
Kerry | Kerry assures Sharon of his commitment to Israel's security

HAARETZ: Kerry assures Sharon of his commitment to Israel’s security

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Friday assured Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of his commitment to Israel’s security, aides to Kerry said.

Kerry made the comments during a phone call from Sharon to congratulate him on his official nomination as the Democratic candidate in November’s presidential elections.

The Massachusetts senator also offered his condolences for the suicide attack on the Israeli embassy in Uzbekistan earlier in the day, in which two Uzbeki members of the embassy’s security team were killed.



Posted by Laurence Simon at July 30, 2004 02:20 PM | TrackBack
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Ahh yes…Senator Windsock:

The Israel Security Fence

October 2003: Kerry Calls Fence “Barrier To Peace.” “And I know how disheartened Palestinians are by the Israeli government’s decision to build a barrier off the green line, cutting deeply into Palestinian areas. We do not need another barrier to peace. Provocative and counterproductive measures only harm Israel’s security over the long- term, they increase hardships to the Palestinian people, and they make the process of negotiating an eventual settlement that much harder.” (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks Before Arab American Institute National Leadership Conference, Dearborn, MI, 10/17/03)

February 2004: Kerry Calls Fence “Legitimate Act Of Self-Defense.” “US Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the frontrunner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, described Israel’s construction of a security barrier as a ‘legitimate act of self defense’ after Sunday’s suicide bombing in Jerusalem, clarifying a position he took in October when he told an Arab American audience, ‘We don’t need another barrier to peace.’” (Janine Zacharia, “Kerry Defends Security Fence,” The Jerusalem Post, 2/25/04)

Posted by: DevilDoc [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 30, 2004 02:39 PM

So Todd…some four months later he is “clarifying” and not “flip-flopping”? Interesting.

Posted by: DevilDoc [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 30, 2004 02:40 PM

it is interesting how the message changed to suit the audience. This is just disgraceful.

October: the Arabs

February: the Jews.

Everybody hears what he thinks they want to hear. What a disgusting excuse for an adult this guy is.

Posted by: skip [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 30, 2004 03:07 PM

After hanging up, he called Chirac and told him he was proud of him for running the Jews out of France and that he would continue to be a loyal servant.

Posted by: No Party [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 30, 2004 07:25 PM

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