Kerry: Israeli Settlements Are Illegitimate -- Al Jazeera
US secretary of state condemns building in occupied territories and says Palestinians "at no time" accepted them.
John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has said that Israeli settlements in the occupied territories are "illegitimate" and not helpful to ongoing efforts for peace between Palestine and Israel.
Kerry's comments on Wednesday came after he met Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, in Bethlehem.
"Let me emphasise that the position of the United States is that we consider now, and have always considered, the settlements to be illegitimate," he said.
He added that there was no deal that the Palestinians recognised the illegal settlements in return for peace.
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My Comment: Here is an easy prediction .... the Israelis are not going to listen. The focus in the region and in the world is elsewhere .... the Syrian civil war. The turmoil in Egypt. The growing sectarian conflict in Iraq. Iranian nuclear weapons. Etc...
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