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John Kerry<br />

John Kerry’s Middle East plan mirrors Bill<br />

Clinton’s futile end-of-term attempt<br />

It is a reflection of the paralysis and steady demise of the peace process over the ensuing 16 years<br />

that Kerry’s principles closely resemble Clinton’s parameters<br />

John Kerry is not the first US statesman to lay out a Middle East peace plan just as he is about to<br />

leave office. Photograph: Zach Gibson/Getty Images<br />

Julian Borger in Washington<br />

Thursday <strong>29</strong> December <strong>2016</strong> 00.<strong>12</strong> GMT Last modified on Thursday <strong>29</strong> December <strong>2016</strong> 01.00 GMT<br />

John Kerry is not the first US statesman to lay out a Middle East peace plan just as he is about to<br />

leave office.<br />

In December 2000, Bill Clinton presented a set of parameters for a two-state solution, covering the<br />

same set of daunting issues: Jerusalem, the right of return (or not) of Palestinian refugees, territorial<br />

exchange on the basis of the 1967 ceasefire line and Israeli security.<br />

Kerry defends US decision not to veto UN<br />

resolution against Israeli settlements<br />

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It is a reflection of the paralysis and steady demise of the peace process over the ensuing 16 years<br />

that Kerry’s principles closely resemble Clinton’s parameters.<br />

In his hour-plus speech Wednesday, Kerry went further than any previous secretary of state in spelling<br />

out the self-destructive nature of Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy for Israel’s long-term security. He used

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