Secretary of State John Kerry laid out his case Wednesday
for why the U.S. abstained from a United Nations Security Council vote
to condemn Israel for its settlement activity, paving the way for it to
be approved. During his 11 a.m.
speech, Kerry said that a two-state solution between Israel and
Palestine is the “only way to achieve a just and lasting peace” and that
increased settlement activity on the part of Israel is threatening that
peace process. “If the choice is one state, Israel can either be Jewish
or democratic. It cannot be both,” Kerry said in a blistering critique
of the current “extreme” Israeli government. He declared that the Obama
administration has done more for Israel’s security than any past U.S.
administration. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded
almost immediately to the speech. “What he did was to spend most of his
speech blaming Israel for the lack of peace by passionately condemning a
policy of enabling Jews to live in their historic homeland and in their
eternal capital, Jerusalem,” he said. |
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