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Kerry to Abbas confidante: 'Stay strong and do not give in to Trump'

The former US Secretary of State also surprised his interlocutor by saying he was seriously considering running for president in 2020.

|ByBEN CASPIT/MAARIV
Then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a bilateral meeting at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan on September 19, 2016.
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‘Kerry has declared a war on God,’ write hard-line rabbis in letter

Rabbis warn Kerry to stop negotiations "in order to avoid severe Heavenly punishment for everyone involved."

|ByJEREMY SHARON
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Lapid: Israeli economy will suffer without peace deal

Finance minister says Israel can't pretend that threat of boycott will not exist in event that peace talks fail.

|ByNIV ELIS