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| US anger at Israel Kerry 'comment' | |
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| The US has condemned as "offensive" reported comments by Israel's defence minister about Secretary of State John Kerry's Middle East peace proposals. | |
| State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the alleged comments by Moshe Yaalon were "inappropriate" given America's support to Israel's security. | State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the alleged comments by Moshe Yaalon were "inappropriate" given America's support to Israel's security. |
| It was a rare rebuke to America's ally. | |
| Mr Yaalon was quoted by Israel's Yediot Ahronot newspaper as saying Mr Kerry was acting out of "misplaced obsession and messianic fervour". | |
| He said a security plan Mr Kerry had presented to Israel was "not worth the paper it was written on". | |
| "John Kerry - who has come to us determined and is acting out of an incomprehensible obsession and messianic fervour - cannot teach me anything about the conflict with the Palestinians." | |
| Mr Yaalon made his comments in private conversations in Israel and the US, the Israeli newspaper said. | |
| Mr Kerry has made a series of visits to the Middle East in recent months in an attempt to inject momentum into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks re-launched last year. | |
| However, the talks have so far shown little sign of progress. |