Charles Krauthammer Concurs With Senator Cruz – John Kerry Should Resign (Video)

On Monday’s “Special Report” on Fox News,  Charles Krauthammer called on Secretary of State John Kerry to resign for the obnoxious remarks he had madethat were reported by Josh Rogin of The Daily Beast suggesting Israel could become “an apartheid state.”

“It’s beyond nonsense,” Krauthammer said. “It’s pernicious and extremely harmful. What the Secretary of State of the United States has succeeded in doing in what he thought was a private comment is to echo and therefore to legitimize the worst of the libelous claims against the Jewish state. If there is one minority in the Middle East that enjoys the rule of law and protection and democracy it is Arabs in Israel. One out of every five Israelis is a Palestinian, overwhelming they are Muslim. There are Arabs in the government, in the Supreme Court, in all walks of life, in the universities.”

“There’s actually affirmative action if you are a Palestinian in the universities,” he added. “And to compare that in any way with the systematic discrimination against black Africans in South Africa is truly appalling and hurtful. I think Cruz is right. This is beyond something requiring an apology. I think this is a resigning-type statement. This is an injury to an ally that will echo because it will be repeated, and people will saying, ‘I’m not saying this, it is the Secretary of State of the United States.’ It is untrue. It is pernicious and it’s truly something that demands at the very least an immediate apology.”

 

Some Republican candidates rubuked Kerry’s comments on Twitter:
Terri Lynn Land is running for the US Senate in MI:

If remarks accurate, Cong Peters should join me in asking Sec Kerry to resign #MISEN

— Terri Lynn Land (@TerriLLand) April 29, 2014

And Joni Ernst is running for the US Senate in Iowa:

Sec of State John Kerry must immediately resign due to incredibly inappropriate comments toward Israel, 1 of America’s most trusted allies.

— Joni Ernst (@joniernst) April 29, 2014

 

UPDATE:

Twitchy: ‘If I could rewind the tape’: John Kerry clarifies ‘apartheid’ remark:

“I want to see a two state solution that results in a secure Jewish state and a prosperous Palestinian state, and I’ve actually worked for it,” wrote Kerry. “I will not allow my commitment to Israel to be questioned by anyone, particularly for partisan, political purposes.”

 

This is awesome:

He can write the 3rd New Testament, won't change a thing, @ZekeJMiller. Against it before he was for it, as usual. pic.twitter.com/eQ7dDNjaGP

— VACUOUS CIPHER (@THE_DAILY_BLEAT) April 29, 2014