Israel defence minister says Kerry messianic, obsessive - paper


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  • Tuesday, 14 Jan 2014

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he addresses reporters alongside South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (not pictured) at the State Department in Washington, January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's defence minister called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace "messianic", a newspaper said on Tuesday, reporting what it described as remarks made behind closed doors.

Moshe Yaalon's spokesman declined comment on the account in Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel's biggest-selling newspaper.

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