Kerry apologizes for saying Israel could become an ‘apartheid state’
‘If I could rewind the tape, I would have chosen a different word,’ the U.S. secretary of state said.
I have been around long enough to also know the power of words to create a misimpression, even when unintentional, 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 … it is a word best left out of the debate here at home.
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