Bereaved Israeli families who protested the release of Palestinian terrorist prisoners on Thursday hold Secretary of State John Kerry (pictured) responsible for prisoner release. Photo: State Department.

Reuters – Israel described as “unacceptable” on Monday remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry suggesting cautious openness to negotiating a nuclear deal that would keep Iran six to 12 months away from bomb-making capability.

“In the past, and also recently, what we heard from the Americans, including publicly, and from the Europeans and even from the Russians, was that Iran must be distanced years – not months but years – from nuclear weaponry,” said Yuval Steinitz, the Israeli cabinet minister in charge of nuclear affairs.

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