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Kerry builds a US-Arab superstructure to direct Israel-Palestinian talks - White House reservations

Binyamin Netanyahu and John Kerry

DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis Jul 28, 2013, 8:23 AM (IDT)

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s willingness to “do everything” to avoid giving the Palestinians a pretext for not turning up for their first encounter with Israeli negotiators in Washington Tuesday, July 30, bodes ill for Israel’s bargaining position right from the start. So too does his proposal to include jailed Israeli Arabs among the 104 Palestinian prisoners to be released. DEBKAfile: John Kerry is constructing a kind of US superstructure with Arab components to stand over the Israeli and Palestinian negotiators and their principals in Jerusalem and Ramallah.

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Kerry’s Four Mechanisms for Running Israel-Palestinian Talks

The Obama letters to Abbas and Netanyahu both endorsing and ducking 1967 borders not yet sent.

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Moscow & Tehran Set to Derail Kerry’s Peace Plan

They plan to exploit P5+1 diplomacy on nuclear Iran and Syrian victory to impede his progress.

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Strong opposition to Israeli military cutbacks and reform

Some senior officers say slashing IDF ground forces exposes Israel to disaster if attacked.

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Egypt’s Interior Minister: Pro-Morsi sit-ins will be dealt with soon

Scenes at the Muslim Brotherhood rally

DEBKAfile Special Report
Jul 27, 2013, 1:28 PM (IDT)

Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister of Interior, blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for the deadly Cairo clashes on Saturday and denied officers had fired live rounds to break up its protest. They had however, suffered wounds from buckshot fired by protesters, said the minister. According to Ibrahim, the officers used tear gas to disperse protesters on a bridge for fear it would collapse. He accused the pro-Morsi camp of exaggerating the number of casualties, which stood officially at 65 killed and 700 wounded and certainly ran into scores.

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