John Kerry

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

While Blinken criticized settlements—citing continued expansion and extremist violence—his analysis was a far more nuanced goodbye to the region than former Secretary of State John Kerry.

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

 Meeting on June 2, 2023 between US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman

In Israel, Kerry says US to deepen climate collaboration with Jewish state

 John Kerry, Tamar Zandberg, and other representatives at the climate summit in Egypt.

Israel joins US initiative for zero emissions plan for 2050


Tillerson reportedly considers rare trip to Lebanon

US National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster is also expected to travel to Turkey in the coming days as part of a larger push by the Trump administration to rehabilitate ties with Ankara.

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Kerry to Abbas confidante: 'Stay strong and do not give in to Trump'

The former US Secretary of State also surprised his interlocutor by saying he was seriously considering running for president in 2020.

Then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a bilateral meeting at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan on September 19, 2016.

Year in review: 2017’s most important diplomatic stories

US President Trump made clear that the rules of the diplomatic game between Israel and the Palestinians had changed.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion International Airport

MK Oren: John Kerry has 'acrid & obsessive' place in his heart for Israel

John Kerry said that Israel and Egypt urged the US to “bomb Iran” before the Iranian nuclear deal was signed in 2015.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State John Kerry

Deconstructing Kerry, his legacy may cause a third Lebanon war

The toxic combination of an emboldened Iran using Shi’ite proxies to fill the Islamic State vacuum while America chooses to cede influence to Russia has set the stage for further destabilizations.

John Kerry still casts a giant shadow

‘Netanyahu urged Obama to bomb Iran’

Ex-US Secretary of State John Kerry reveals that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressured the US administration in the past to nuke Iran, but says he doesn't believe this will solve the problem.

Kerry, Netanyahu in Tel Aviv July 23

Climate Change: An Abyss with many Bridges

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Climate Change is everyone’s business

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Former Iranian negotiator: 5 things Trump needs to know about Iran

The record of US-Iran negotiations shows that “dual track” policies of pressure and diplomacy are destined to fail.

Trump and Khamenei

Analysis: What Paris Mideast peace conference?

The conference released a statement that nobody paid attention to, and five days later US President Donald Trump was inaugurated into office.

French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault welcomes US Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives for the Mideast peace conference in Paris, France, January 15, 2017