SeaGypsy wrote:The United States has delivered a rare rebuke to Israel over reported comments about US secretary of state John Kerry that describe him as messianic.
Israel's defence minister Moshe Yaalon has been reported describing Mr Kerry as acting out of misplaced obsessions and Messiah-like fervour in his advocacy of Middle East peace proposals.
"Secretary of state John Kerry - who has come to us determined and is acting out of an incomprehensible obsession and a messianic feeling - cannot teach me a single thing about the conflict with the Palestinians," the biggest-selling daily Yedioth Ahronoth quoted Mr Yaalon as saying behind closed doors.
"The only thing that can save us is if Kerry wins the Nobel prize and leaves us alone....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-15/i ... re/5200466
What's the Australian opinion of John Kerry? I have the impression that outside of the French and the USA he is not highly respected and admired.