The US’s Current Goal In the ‘Peace Process’: Prevent Palestinians from Going to the UN

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was extraordinarily candid in remarks he made earlier this week following a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about the Obama administration's goal in pushing "peace" talks: "Let me state unequivocally that President Abbas is 100 percent committed to these talks. He has committed that the Palestinians will not go to the United Nations during the period of time of these talks in exchange for the prisoners that are being released by Israel. That...