Israel

Jewish groups split on Kerry’s settlements speech

Centrist groups were measured in their reactions, criticizing the American decision to abstain last week on a U.N. vote rebuking the settlements while praising Kerry's commitment to a two-state solution.

US lawmakers divided on Kerry speech

In reactions that fell largely along party lines, lawmakers had mixed reactions to the secretary of state's address lambasting Israeli settlement construction.

Analysis

Kerry and Netanyahu fight it out one more time over Israeli settlements

With the U.S. administration in its final weeks, Israel and the United States took parting shots in a dispute that has bedeviled the relationship since Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu took office.