Fox Host Questions Kerry About Comment On Israel Caught On Hot Mic (VIDEO)

[JDPriestly]

14. I support Obama's decisions and Kerry's compassion in this 100%.

Kerry knows what war is like. It is Hell. Both sides are suffering. And it is Hamas that bears the burden for goading on the Palestinian people and starting yet again a war that should have ended with Palestinians and Israelis living side by side in harmony -- at least 60 years ago.

I would like to know how much aid money went into Palestine over the years. What a waste. The Palestinian leadership did nothing but fight its neighbors, bore tunnels, and advertise the suffering of its people to get more money. Meanwhile the Palestinians suffer and suffer.

The war has to end. The Palestinians have to stop the rockets and the rocks and get some police authority over petty crimes and change from anger to understanding. So many, many people of peace have tried to resolve that conflict. Diehards on both sides but especially on the Palestinian side insist on war.

And then when a Palestinian "leader" like Arafat dies, you learn about his accounts in Switzerland. What corruption at the cost of the lives of innocent people.

It's time for peace, and yes, Kerry needs to "get over there" figuratively speaking or in the flesh, as he deems appropriate. Kerry tried to negotiate peace and got nowhere.

That nowhere is due to the distrust on both sides that has built up over decades. To get sincere negotiations, the Palestinians have to have leaders (as do the Israelis) who let hotheads know that acts, however small, that incite anger on the other side must end.

The Palestinians lose every time they throw rockets or rocks or suicide bombers and start a war at their border. This has been going on since the partition. It has to stop, and the parties have to build trust.

The Palestinians must begin by proving that they would be capable of enforcing a peace agreement among their own people.

This is not a question of who started the fighting it or whether Israel should exist. Jews have always lived in that area. This is a question of who can and will start the peace. Getting rid of the tunnels is a good idea.

The Palestinians have to understand that if they want peace, they have to negotiate. If they want more land, they have to negotiate. That's just the reality.