Kerry and Netanyahu blame each other for stalled peace process
The strained ties between the US and Israel reached another low on Wednesday 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 January 20. In a speech on Wednesday in Washington, Kerry 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. "If the choice is one state, Israel can either be Jewish or democratic, but it cannot be both," Kerry said. He went on to call Netanyahu’s government "the most right-wing in Israeli history". Netanyahu, minutes later, accused Kerry of anti-Israel bias and said the US focus on settlements was "unbalanced". "This conflict is and always has been about Israel’s very right to exist," Netanyahu said. "How can you make peace with someone who rejects your very ex...
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