John Kerry and the A-Word: Three Takeaways

After two days of being pounded by Republicans and supporters of Israel, Secretary of State John Kerry bowed to the inevitable on Monday night, clarifying his warning that Israel, if it turns away from the peace process, risks turning into “an apartheid state.” Contrary to some reports, Kerry didn’t apologize for his language, but he did say he wished he hadn’t used that exact term.

“I have been around long enough to also know the power of words to create a misimpression, even when unintentional,” Kerry said in a statement issued by the State Department. “And if I could rewind the tape, I would have chosen a different word to describe my firm belief that the only way in the long term to have a Jewish state and two nations and two peoples living side by side in peace and security is through a two state solution.”

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