John Kerry

Netanyahu presented Iran attack plan to former US presidents, former secretary of state claims

According to Kerry, Netanyahu had presented presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden with plans to attack Iran, all of whom refused, before Trump agreed.

APRIL 12, 2026|ByTZVI JASPER

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are seen shaking hands at a press conference in 2025.

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

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.

JANUARY 15, 2025|ByHERB KEINON

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

Now, just as before, fostering positive relationships is vital. And if there is trust between conflicting leaders and public support for change, chances for success are far greater.

JUNE 22, 2023|ByJAMES HOLMES

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

The US and Israel have engaged in scientific and technical collaboration to protect the environment since the early 1990s.

JUNE 2, 2023|ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Report: Kerry met Iranian foreign minister in attempt to salvage nuclear deal

Zarif insisted on Thursday that his government has implemented its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers.

MAY 5, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF

Former United States Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, at the United Nations in New York, September 26, 2015.

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.

FEBRUARY 7, 2018ByMICHAEL WILNER

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.

JANUARY 24, 2018ByBEN CASPIT/MAARIV

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.

JANUARY 1, 2018ByHERB KEINON

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.

NOVEMBER 29, 2017ByHERB KEINON

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.

NOVEMBER 14, 2017By ERIC R. MANDEL

‘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.

NOVEMBER 10, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF