Neither Egypt nor Israel Want Kerry to Come
by Daniel Greenfield

Not surprising.
Kerry is almost as unpopular in Egypt as Obama. Both men are associated with the Muslim Brotherhood takeover of the country. Kerry was the subject of protes...ts in Egypt where he was depicted looking like a member of the Taliban.

And Israel would rather suffer more rocket strikes than 5 minutes with Kerry after his incessant peace process activism earlier. It doesn’t help that Kerry continues to undermine Israel using the Europeans. Or that he attempts to take credit for things that he has nothing to do with.

So there’s a common point of agreement.

Secretary of State John Kerry offered numerous times to fly to Cairo or Jerusalem to assist in cease-fire negotiations but was told that the sides “didn’t need American mediation,” according to an account of events by Haaretz.

Senior Israeli officials told Haaretz that Kerry offered to come to directly join the talks in each and every call during the attempted brokering of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas on Monday, but was “politely rejected” by all sides.

At least it was polite. The Russians didn’t bother being polite.

Nobody seems to need or want Kerry to show up except the Afghans, for whom life is so grim that they can use the comic relief. No one in the Middle East is that badly off.