| ID | 134841 |
| Title Proper | Sad state of affairs |
| Other Title Information | the Kerry record |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Muravchik, Joshua |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Gaza war of July and August 2014 occasioned the sharpest frictions in memory between the United States and Israel, highlighted by a cease-fire proposal offered by Secretary of State John Kerry that Israel’s security cabinet rejected unanimously. Kerry’s plan envisioned a seven-day cease-fire, during which the parties would negotiate “arrangements” to meet each of Hamas’s demands about the free flow of people and goods into Gaza and the payment of salaries of Hamas’s tens of thousands of employees. As for Israel’s demands about destruction of tunnels and rockets and the demilitarization of Gaza, these were not mentioned at all, except in the add-on phrase that the talks would also “address all security issues.” |
| `In' analytical Note | World Affairs US Vol.177, No.4; Nov-Dec.2014: p.25-33 |
| Journal Source | World Affairs US 2014-12 177, 4 |
| Standard Number | United States – US |