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israel's defense minister has apologized for calling u.s. secretary of state john kerry
obsessive and messianic and saying he hopes kerry wins the nobel prize so he leaves israel
alone. moshe yaalon's closed-door remarks which were
published on the front page of a israeli newspaper drew rare condemnation from the u.s.
the state department said the remarks were offensive and inappropriate especially given
all the help the u.s. provides to israel. after a public rebuke by isreali prime minister
benjamin netanyahu yaalon said israel and the u.s. share a common goal to advance the
middle east peace talks led by secretary kerry .
kerry has been back and forth to the region to persuade israel and the palestinians to
agree on an outline proposal addressing the core issues of their conflict.