US Secretary of State John Kerry’s harsh rebuke of Israel over its illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories has not accomplished anything and is too late to be useful for Palestinians, according to Stephen Lendman, an American writer, journalist and political analyst based in Chicago.
The outgoing administration of US President Barack Obama allowed a UN Security Council resolution to pass on Friday by refusing to veto it, defying extraordinary pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and incoming US President Donald Trump.
On Wednesday, Kerry gave a speech at the State Department to defend Washington’s abstention at the UN Security Council, speaking with a clarity and harshness almost never heard from US diplomats when discussing one of their closest allies.
“This is all taking place within few weeks of Obama leaving office,” Lendman said during an interview with Press TV on Thursday. “Why did they wait all…