Kerry Blames Israel for ISIS Recruitment

0717-Mideasfffft-Jordan-visit-John-Kerry_full_600Secretary of State John Kerry chose a White House ceremony on October 16th for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha to regurgitate a false theory linking the Israeli/Palestinian conflict with the increase of jihadist violence and recruitment in the Middle East region.

“As I went around and met with people in the course of our discussions about the ISIL [also referred to as ISIS or the Islamic State] coalition, the truth is we — there wasn’t a leader I met within the region who didn’t raise with me spontaneously the need to try to get peace between Israel and the Palestinians, because it was a cause of recruitment and of street anger and agitation that they felt – and I see a lot of heads nodding – they had to respond to,” Kerry said. “And people need to understand the connection of that. And it has something to do with humiliation and denial and absence of dignity, and Eid celebrates the opposite of all of that.

After Israeli Economic Minister Naftali Bennett sharply criticized Kerry’s statement, the State Department tried to walk it back, claiming, in the words of Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf, that Kerry “did not make a link between the growth of ISIL and Israel, period.”

At best, Harf is telling only a half-truth. While Kerry did not explicitly state that it was his own view there was a link between the growth of ISIS and the failure of the peace talks or IsraelKerry transmitted the linkage theory he heard from leaders in the region to a receptive audience at the White House. And he did not refute it. In fact, he lent credence to the linkage theory by saying that “people need to understand the connection.” 

Kerry once again proved the truth of Mark Twain’s famous quip: “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” 

Indeed, Kerry has helped launch a series of lies against Israel during his term as Secretary of State. Last April, for example, he said that Israel was at risk of becoming “an apartheid state,” if it does not come to terms with the Palestinians. 

A competent and honest Secretary of State – neither of which describes John Kerry – would not have repeated the falsehood of linking the failure of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks with the growth of ISIS and other jihadist movements in the first placeunless he intended to set up this straw man argument in order to immediately knock it down. What on earth does ISIS’s systematic massacre of Christians and Yazidis, rapes of women and children, and sexual slavery have to do with Kerry’s failed attempt to continue peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians? Absolutely nothing! But Kerry shamelessly repeated the lie anyway.

As one Israeli commentator observed a few days after Kerry told the Muslims in his audience what they wanted to hear, “Kerry didn’t mention that the astounding Saudi and Qatari assets invested in mosques around the world, including Europe, leads to radicalization. He didn’t come out against Qatar, which has become the primary funder of jihadi organizations. He doesn’t blame the institutionalized anti-Semitic incitement, which is growing in the Muslim world, including by Al-Jazeera.”

Instead, Kerry pandered to his audience. He repeated President Obama’s claim that there is nothing Islamic about the Islamic State, even though ISIS’s atrocities find justification in the Koran and the Hadith (the sayings and deeds of the Islamic prophet Muhammad). Kerry then assured the audience that the sectarian murders occurring regularly within the Muslim community today in the 21st century can be compared with the Thirty Years’ War in 17th century Europe that broke out initially between Protestant and Catholic states. The problem with such specious comparisons is that Muslims, unlike Catholics and Protestants, are still killing each other, as well as Christians, Jews, Hindus, Yazidis, Zoroastrians and other “infidels, in massive numbers all over the world.

Hamas is the jihadist branch dedicated, in the words of its charter, to the destruction of the state of Israel and the killing of Jews wherever they can be found. Yet Kerry rarely mentions Hamas in his statements regarding the failed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. He has not insisted that effective measures be in place first to prevent the rearmament of Hamas as a pre-condition for pouring millions of dollars of new aid the United States is pledging for reconstruction in Gaza, much less the disarmament of Hamas in Gaza.   

Kerry’s willingness to turn a blind eye to the real culprit Hamas echoes the attitude of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who visited Gaza recently. During his visit, the Secretary General referred to Israel’s partial defensive blockade of Gaza as a “siege.” He said that lifting the “siege” and “easing movement restrictions” is “one of the most important issues… a basic human right for all the Palestinian people.”

“Siege” is defined in the Oxford Dictionaries as “a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.” Israel’s partial blockade of Gaza in response to relentless rocket attacks launched by Hamas and other jihadist groups from civilian centers in Gaza against civilian populations in Israel is anything but a siege. Israel withdrew from Gaza unilaterally in 2005 and turned over major security responsibilities at the border crossings to the Palestinian Authority. There was no blockade to speak of until Hamas seized power and turned Gaza into a launching pad for attacks against Israel. Even since then, Israel has permitted food and humanitarian aid to enter Gaza as well as construction materials for international projects – the antithesis of a siege

I approached Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last week to ask him whether he would reconsider the use of the term “siege” in describing Israel’s partial blockade. He said he would think about it. In his remarks to the press the next day, Ban did not refer again to an Israeli “siege,” but he continued to castigate Israel for what transpired during the latest Gaza conflict with Hamas. Ban said that while he understood “the security threat from rockets above and tunnels below” that Israel was facing, Israel’s response and resulting “destruction in Gaza has left deep questions about proportionality.” 

Ban also castigated Israel for shelling UN schools in Gaza, while refusing to acknowledge Israel’s allegation that the UN returned rockets found in UN schools to Hamas. 

Where the anti-Israel bias of the Obama administration and the United Nations may converge is a UN Security Council resolution sought by Palestinian President Abbas and sponsored by Jordan, which would set a firm deadline for Israel to withdraw from all Palestinian territories and end the “occupation.” The precise wording is currently being negotiated behind the scenesChief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has recommended that the Palestinian Authority end all security-related cooperation with Israel in the West Bank if the United States ends up vetoing the resolution. The Palestinians would also be likely to join more UN agencies and treaties, as well as the International Criminal Court where they would try to obtain prosecutions against Israeli leaders for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

If France and the United Kingdom decide to support some form of the timetable resolution for Israeli withdrawal the Palestinians are seeking, the Obama administration – given its anti-Israel bias – may well decide ultimately to abstain rather than exercise its veto power. The UK parliament has already gone on record in a symbolic vote as supporting the recognition of a Palestinian state, following the Swedish government’s decision to actually do just that. Other European Union countries may add themselves to the growing list of countries that are going along with this Palestinian state recognition trend, giving the Obama administration some political cover to abstain on the timetable resolutionvote on the resolution may be postponed until after the U.S. mid-term elections to give the Obama administration some breathing room

In the meantime, John Kerry is reported to be scrambling to head off a Security Council resolution altogether by trying to put pressure on Israel to return to the negotiating table for direct talks with the Palestinians. He is meeting resistance from both sides. “We’re are not going back to negotiations unless there is some change in the rules to discuss the borders first,” said Fatah Central Committee member Dr. Nabil Shaath. “To continue to negotiate while the Israelis are eating up land is like suicide,” he said. 

Kerry’s remarks at the White House Eid al-Adha ceremony, raising concerns among unnamed Middle East leaders regarding the purported linkage of the failure of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and the rise of ISIS, may be his Hail Mary pass to try and shame Israel publicly into returning to the negotiating table and making more concessions. That way, the Palestinians may decide to also resume direct negotiations and postpone seeking action on their proposed Security Council resolution, relieving the Obama administration of having to make a decision on which way to vote. If so, it is another counter-productive move by the Obama administration that will create even more distance with the one true democracy that has traditionally been our closest ally in the Middle East.

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  • JacksonPearson

    Memo to Israel:
    Keep this traitorous POS un-welcomed in your country.

    • Michael Durham

      While I completely understand the driving sentiment behind this caricature, it really is an awful and amateurish depiction. For a caricature to “work”, it should accurately highlight and exaggerate the features of the subject. In this case, the subject is John Kerry, apparently..thanks only to the “John Kerry, reporting for duty” caption. Otherwise, I never would have guessed.

      The features are simply unrecognizable as those belonging to John Kerry.

      This is another reason why our side is losing. We always end up with zero artistic and cultural traction.

      It really is true; Satan always gets all the shiny and glamorous sh*t and talent, here on earth. “God”, for whatever reason, sees to this. “He” really is a cruel b@st@rd. (I know “He” is not real…just sayin’….)

      • JacksonPearson

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    • cree

      “I am not a dupe,” says John Kerry. And further, “Climate disruption really is the greatest WMD facing the whole planet.” “Israel will not commit suicide by surrendering the West Bank and the Golan Heights.”

      Im a Viet Nam vet and I condemn Kerry as a traitor and a dupe. Aside from that negativity, we should be honored to have him as our Secretary of State as we were Hillary. If he and she got the votes, hey what’s the problem? Are we or are we not represented by 535 of the voted in competent ruling elites that have our back? 13 or maybe its 15% of the country thinks so. So on that positive note, we’re alright.

  • John Pallyswine

    I have no doubts that in 2016, the Dems will get the majority of Jewish votes. Perhaps Jews should not be allowed to vote. But until that time, get ready for Dems to do well in the North East, Colorado, Los Angeles and Miami.

  • BMS

    Kerry is a moron and a puppet for Muslim Brotherhood Lover Obama. Everything he does, with Obama pulling his strings, is against Israel and in favor of Islamist terrorists. No doubt with all his anti-Israel and anti-semitic comments and views he should have no trouble getting a job with the UN when he is no longer Secretary of State.

  • David Gray

    Kerry needs to stay on his 100+ yacht during the perfect storm! The epitome of an elitist idiot!

    • kafir4life

      He keeps the yacht out of state to avoid high MA taxes. Taxes are for thee, not for he.

  • steve b

    WHAT AN ANTI-SEMITIC BAST@RD!

    • kiwi41

      Bastards can have integrity, something that P-O-S Kerry does not.

      • steve b

        YOU ARE RIGHT. I APOLOGIZE TO ALL THOSE BASTARDS OUT THERE FOR EQUATING YOU WITH LURCH!

  • jon

    Our “leadership”…………is a single one of them honest and trustworthy? No.

  • DontMessWithAmerica

    He is simply parroting a typical Obama rationale like the video he blamed for Benghazi. But Israel pays for its “humanitarian” half measures. When you have an enemy sworn to your destruction you don’t make half moves to “contain” them or “restrain” them. You have to kill them. To survive Israel will have to learn how to kill.

  • kiwi41

    His trips to sandland should be encouraged , the barbarians may suceed in deleting him.

  • kafir4life

    The best thing I can say about Kerry is that he marries VERY well. Other than that, he’s garbage, much like his boss in the White House.

  • iluvisrael

    when stupid, blame Israel – someone should send the horse faced gigolo clown to a glue factory

  • halevi

    Stupid is as stupid does.

    • barney59

      …and Evil is and Evil does.

  • SCREW SOCIALISM

    Weak, appeasing, retreating, bicycle helmet wearing Obama and his administration are why ISIS has grown.

    ISIS and Fascist Iran senses weak Obama and weak Eurabia, and believes that the ball is in their court and kill without mercy.

    Nothing is restraining ISIS, Fascist Iran/Muslim Brotherhood.

    You know Obama is BAD when even socialist dhimmi crackpot carter gets on Obamas case.

  • hopkins

    One wonders about Kerry’s intelligence. “…not one leader didn’t spontaneously raise with me…” Spontaneously! Nothing in the world could be less “spontaneous” coming out of the middle east. This is just malice – using the word “spontaneous” to give credence to the mechanical reflex of Arabs to dominate.

  • Capt Bob

    Kerry is full of that smelly stuff.

  • watsa46

    SD antisemitic and dysfunctional.
    Harp and JK do not understand each other and speak different language. But it all comes from the TOP. JK as well as Indyk must be persona non-Grata in IL. SD fool of Orientalists.

  • 1Indioviejo1

    Kerry suffers from the same inferiority complex Hitler had; they both had a Jewish ancestor. Their antisemitism is insane. It is sick. It doesn’t help[ him that he is stupid and chose a grand platform to let the world know it.

  • truebearing

    Kerry is a loathsome fool. A despicable coward and traitor. A liar of immense proportions. He has no soul and no brain. He is a thrall to power and narcissistic self-gratification. May his ultimate “reward” in the afterlife be as unmerciful as he has been in life, and eternal.

  • Erudite Mavin

    So typical of Kerry and his usual bashing of Israel.

    Kerry probably thinks if he bashes enough he will erase his own Jewish heritage
    he does not acknowledge or rarely.

    Fritz Kohn was Kerry’s grandfather from Moravia later changing his name to /Fred Kerry

    Fritz like other Jews, suffered greatly from the anti-Semitism that prevailed in Europe at this time. As a result, both Kohn brothers abandoned their Jewish heritage and converted to Roman Catholicism.

  • Ken Kelso

    Kerry is a complete idiot and appeaser of Arab terrorists.
    John Kerry opposes a Kurdish state, but supports a Palestinian state.

    Kerry met Kurdish leader Barzani last June and told him to not give up on Iraq.
    Basically Kerry wants the Kurds to live under the Arab head choppers or the Ayatollah backed Shiite Government in Baghdad.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-kerry-to-urge-kurds-not-to-give-up-on-iraq/
    John Kerry urges Kurds not to give up on Iraq
    CBS/AP
    June 24, 2014

  • barney59

    Sure it wasn’t “Geeengahs Kaaahn”?

  • Winston

    Kerry’s stupidity continues to defy belief. After all these years is the nitwit really still going with the idea that the widespread Islamist violence you see from Africa to China is all due to Israel? So when there is slaughter in Sudan or Algeria or Libya or Pakistan or Syria or China etc. it is Israel’s fault? Still? Apparently this buffoon honestly thinks that the terrorists were just peace loving farmers until they were pushed to the wall by those stubborn Israelis and decided to slaughter people In Nigeria or Kenya and Iraq and all the rest. Their murderous ideology has nothing to do with it.Nothing.

    Obama will go down as one of the most inept clowns ever to occupy the White House, but Kerry gives him close competition as an incompetent moron. Quite a ship of fools.

  • https://www.facebook.com/FarRightOfLeft Farrightofleft

    ONCE AGAIN…………Kerry’s shameless blame of Israel for ISIS recruitment is just another example of brain petrification.

  • Hank Rearden

    Has there ever been a more deplorable person in American public life than John Kerry?

  • logdon

    What part of this do they not understand?

    Hamas admits rebuilding tunnel network in wake of Gaza …

    http://www.ynetnews.com › Ynetnews › News
    2 days ago – News: Gaza newspaper reporter visits tunnel under repair; head of digging team says repairs began during one of summer conflict’s …

    Hamas claims it is rebuilding infiltration tunnels into Israel

    http://www.jpost.com/…/Hamas-claims-it-is-rebuilding-infiltration-tunnels-into...
    3 days ago – “We are fine, our tunnels are fine, and our weapons, as well,” one of the diggers tells a Hamas affiliated news site.

    Hamas Rebuilding Attack Tunnels, Says Jerusalem – Arutz …

    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184841
    Hamas Rebuilding Attack Tunnels, Says Jerusalem. Senior diplomatic source says Hamas has renewed production of rockets and smuggling from Egypt, as well …

    Hamas Rebuilding Tunnel Network, Preparing for Renewed …

    unitedwithisrael.org/hamas-rebuilding-tunnel-network-preparing-for-ren…
    2 days ago – Confirmation that Hamas is rebuilding its terror infrastructure together with reports of missile testing point to the likelihood of renewed attacks …

    Hamas reconstructing damaged Gaza attack tunnel | The …

    http://www.timesofisrael.com › Israel & the Region
    3 days ago – Hamas’s armed wing is reconstructing an attack tunnel damaged by Israel during Operation Protective Edge, the movement’s newspaper …

    Hamas Admits it is Rebuilding Terror Tunnels – Algemeiner

    http://www.algemeiner.com › News › Israel
    2 days ago – JNS.org – Hamas’s Izz a-Din al-Qassam Brigades has openly stated that it is rebuilding the terror tunnels that were destroyed by the IDF during …

    Report: Hamas Rebuilding Gaza Terror Tunnels – Breitbart

    http://www.breitbart.com/Big…/Report-Hamas-Rebuilding-Gaza-Terror-Tunnel...
    2 days ago – The Gaza Strip-ruling terrorist group Hamas is reportedly rebuilding much of its tunnel network, which was used to transport weapons, murder …

    The Jewish Press » » Hamas Rebuilding Tunnel Network …

    http://www.jewishpress.com › News & Views › Eye on Palestine › Gaza
    2 days ago – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon walks through a Hamas terror tunnel from Hamas Rebuilding Tunnel Network, Admits It Used …

    Hamas Rebuilding Terror Tunnels Using Humanitarian Shield

    http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/…/hamas-rebuilding-terror-tunnels-using-...
    2 days ago – Hamas’s armed wing is reconstructing terror tunnels damaged by Israel during Operation Protective Edge.

  • Elizabeth capecod

    Maybe kerry can explain what Israel has to do with isis instructing followers to kill Australians. The elite, politically correct who deny what motivates islamism need to STHU.

  • rocquedog

    And this is the same POS that accused our soldiers in Nam of raping, pillaging and all kinds of evil stuff. He needs to do America a favor and quit breathing.

  • sydchaden

    Of course, the Jihadists and their suicide bombers are simply practicing their religion, which calls upon them to kill Jews. The problem with Israel is that its people are not just dying quietly, as they did in the Holocaust. They are resisting, and retaliating, and Obama, Hillary Clinton and Kerry find that to be intolerable. Clearly, it is at odds with the goals of the Muslim Brotherhood, which explains why Kerry condemns it.

  • Gordo

    Kerry is a certifiable idiot. He missed his calling with Heinz ketchup. He could have been a batch tester.

  • http://www.facebook.com/aemoreira81 aemoreira81

    Israel is not why the Islamic State exists…now Russia…I would say differently.

  • Fritz Kohlhaas

    Kerry is an imbecile. He should be committed to an insane asylum!