Secretary of State John Kerry just delivered his final foreign policy speech (praise be to God!) and talked about the United States slapping Israel in the face. (My words, not his.) He doesn’t believe we screwed Israel over. By refusing to veto the anti-Israel U.N. resolution, we helped Israel. We were preserving the possibility of a two-state solution! Duh! Wasn’t that obvious?
He basically spend the majority of the speech talking about the importance of a two-state solution, which sounds nice, but it’s not viable. Palestinians refuse to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist. So the Obama administration can stop blaming Israel for the lack of permanent peace any day now.
You can read about the speech in greater detail here.
Prior to Kerry’s speech, President-elect Trump expressed his strong support of Israel on Twitter.
We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect. They used to have a great friend in the U.S., but…….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2016
not anymore. The beginning of the end was the horrible Iran deal, and now this (U.N.)! Stay strong Israel, January 20th is fast approaching!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2016
What’s better than that? Netanyahu responded on Twitter!
President-elect Trump, thank you for your warm friendship and your clear-cut support for Israel! ????@IvankaTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr https://t.co/lURPimG0wS
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) December 28, 2016
I’m so glad Netanyahu knows he has a true friend in the incoming administration. It makes my heart happy.