John Kerry Archives - The Jerusalem Fund

What’s next for Middle East peace?

February 15, 2016December 21, 2015 by Lucian Dieterman

US Secretary of State John Kerry came back from his recent trip to Jerusalem and Ramallah on Nov. 24 empty-handed and, for the first time for this extreme optimist, completely disillusioned with the stalled Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. He found Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even more rejectionist than before, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas weaker and more depressed. A senior US State Department official dealing with the Middle East described to Al-Monitor the current situation in very bleak terms.

Israel’s cynical new strategy: Reframe Palestine debate as a religious battle, when it is really about civil rights

February 15, 2016December 7, 2015 by Lucian Dieterman

With the focus on Syria, in part due to ISIS and in part to the massive refugee crisis, the threats to world peace because of the Israeli occupation of Palestine have been put on the back burner. Indeed, the U.S. administration has seemingly washed its hands of its efforts to broker peace, despite U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Palestine-Israel last month to discuss confidence-building measures, once again.

When all was ‘calm’: a typical month for Palestinians under Israeli occupation

February 15, 2016November 2, 2015 by Lian Najjar

When US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the Middle East last week, for meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the senior diplomat had one clear stated goal: to restore ‘calm’ after several weeks of violence.

Does Israel Meet the Quartet Conditions?

July 27, 2021June 11, 2013 by Nick Bascunan-Wiley

Yousef Munayyer: Like many of his predecessors, Secretary of State John Kerry is currently working tirelessly in an effort to restart a peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. In recent weeks and months, he has traveled frequently to the region, meeting regularly with leaders. However, also like his predecessors, he too will fail to achieve anything without drastically breaking with the failed approaches of the past.