John Kerry

On This Day: Fatah, Hamas factions form short-lived 'Palestinian Unity Government' to rule over PA

On June 2, 2014, Abbas forged a Hamas-Fatah unity government, sparking legal debates and political upheaval. The PA president dissolved the short-lived body in June 2015.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chairs the first meeting of the Palestinian unity government, June 2, 2014.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are seen shaking hands at a press conference in 2025.

Netanyahu presented Iran attack plan to former US presidents, former secretary of state claims

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, December 5, 2024 (illustration).

Blinken’s last bow: A hopeful blueprint haunted by October 7 - analysis

 YASSER ARAFAT reaches to shake hands with Yitzhak Rabin, as Bill Clinton stands between them, after the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, at the White House on September 13, 1993.

There is a possible path to peace - opinion


UN vote and Kerry speech will impede prospects for peace

Responsible leaders on both sides should collaborate to dial down the rhetoric and prevent Israel from becoming a political football.

US SECRETARY of State John Kerry meets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in 2013.

Right from wrong: Kerry's moral turpitude

"First he lied about the role the United States played in advancing UN Resolution 2334, which was adopted by the international body’s Security Council a week ago Friday."

US Secretary of State John Kerry

Kerry veut laisser sa marque

Dans un discours à l’emporte-pièce, le secrétaire d’Etat américain a présenté sa « vision complète » des négociations de paix israélo-palestiniennes

John Kerry, lors d'une allocution

ADL chief: Kerry speech pushes peace away

UN resolution will have ramifications for Israel beyond settlements, says ex-Canadian lawmaker.

IRWIN COTLER, former Canadian justice minister, attorney-general and parliamentarian, addresses a conference hosted by Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies

UK’s May slams Kerry for focus on settlements

The comments came less than a week after the UK voted in favor of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 condemning Israel for settlement activity.

Theresa May and John Kerry

An Un-American decision

My immediate anger and disgust with this American abstention led me to very uncomfortably feel proud to be un-American.

John Kerry arrives in Israel, July 23

My Word: Obama and the UN’s end-of-year sale

My educated guess is that the Security Council resolution is more likely to mark the beginning of the end of the UN than the downfall of Israel.

US Secretary of State John Kerry

Dennis Ross pans Kerry's 'all or nothing' approach to Israel, Palestinians

Former US envoy to the Middle East questions the timing of the outgoing secretary of state's speech while lauding his "passion."

Former US peace negotiator Dennis Ross

Abbas: I will renew negotiations, if Israel halts settlements, abides by agreements

Maliki says no to recognizing Israel as a Jewish state.

Mahmoud Abbas

Trump on Kerry speech: Something's going on and it's 'very unfair' to Israel

Trump criticizes UN for its harsh stance on Israel, charging that the body had meanwhile failed to reprimand "horrible places that treat people horribly."

Donald Trump (L) and boxing promoter Don King speak to reporters outside the Mar-a-lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, US on December 28, 2016