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Violence has to end. And Israelis have a bright to defend themselves against any violence that is attacking innocent people with a knife in the old city in Jerusalem or elsewhere. No country should be under siege like that.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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