U.S. Diplomacy Has Failed To End The Israeli - Hamas War

John Kerry's Proposed 7-Day Gaza Truce in Limbo (ABC News)

Kerry’s Diplomacy Falls Short to End Gaza Fighting -- 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.

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My Comment: The criticism in the Israeli press on John Kerry's diplomatic efforts are just scathing .... and from all sides of the political spectrum. I have never seen anything like this .... it does not take an expert to realize that (maybe) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has lost the respect of the Israelis. See below ....

Kerry's latest cease-fire plan: What was he thinking? -- Haaretz
Analysis / Reckless Kerry risks causing escalation -- Ari Shavi, Haaretz
The shaming of John Kerry and the downturn in the battle for Israel’s image -- Chemi Shalev, Haaretz
John Kerry: The betrayal -- David Horovitz, Times of Israel
‘Embarrassing’: John Kerry Skewered over Cease-fire Talks and Compared to an ‘Alien Who Just Disembarked His Spaceship’ -- The Blaze
'John Kerry is an alien, an ongoing embarrassment': what Israel thinks of US -- The Telegraph
John Kerry gets Arabs and Jews to agree — on despising John Kerry -- Bizpac
Iraeli Officials, Press Criticize John Kerry's Ceasefire Proposal -- Abraham Rabinovich, Washington Free Beacon
When You’ve Lost Haaretz… -- Power Line

Update: This is why the Israelis are upset .... Kerry under fire in Israel for negotiating with Qatar, Turkey, not Egypt, Israel (Times of Israel). More here .... Leaked document confirms US ceasefire bid generous to Hamas -- Times of Israel

Update #2: Even the Palestinians are upset at John Kerry .... Abbas fumes at Kerry over alternative ceasefire bid -- Times of Israel

Update #3: OK .... John Kerry may not be the best .... and I doubt that he is a space alien .... but for the moment ... if Israel and Hamas are serious about ending this conflict .... John Kerry is all that they now have.