Netanyahu Looks for Fresh Start With Trump After Obama Years
- Kerry says Netanyahu’s settlements policy undermines peace
- Netanyahu slams comments as ‘unbalanced’ against Israel
Netanyahu Lashes Out at Kerry for Mideast Speech
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Strained U.S.-Israeli ties reached another low as Secretary of State John Kerry and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded blame over the stalled Middle East peace process, with President-elect Donald Trump vowing a fresh start when he takes office on Jan. 20.
Kerry, in a speech Wednesday in Washington, said Netanyahu’s policies backing the expansion of settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank were putting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict increasingly out of reach.