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Kerry, at contentious U.S.-Israel confab, asks Israel to consider perils of single state

Secretary of State John Kerry addressing the Saban Forum in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2015. (Courtesy of Brookings Institution)

WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking at an annual U.S.-Israel confab, said Israel’s government must consider the consequences of evolving toward a single state incorporating the Palestinian areas. “How does Israel possibly maintain its character as a Jewish democratic state?” Kerry said Saturday at the Saban Forum in Washington,… Read more »