Kerry's "Poof" Remark Has Gone Poof!

This transcript does not include the "poof" throw-away, as in the NYTimes:

“Poof, that was sort of the moment,” Mr. Kerry said. “We find ourselves where we are.”

The State Department transcript also lacks it.

Here it is again:

In exchange for the deal being kept of the release of prisoners and not going to the U.N. Unfortunately, the prisoners weren’t released on the Saturday they were supposed to be released. And so day went by, day two went by day three went by and then in the afternoon when they were about to maybe get there, 700 settlement units were announced in Jerusalem. And poof! That was sort of the moment.”

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P.S.

Roger Cohen:

Poof.

Poof. Poof.

The word Secretary of State John Kerry used before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is a good one. Nine months of Israeli-Palestinian negotiation and, faster than you can say Holy Land, everything goes up in smoke. Or rather, everything descends into a pre-K schoolyard squabble that amounts to proof that neither side is serious today about a two-state peace settlement.

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