- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will lay out his vision for Israeli-Palestinian peace in the weeks remaining before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, according to an aide to U.S. President Barack Obama.
Asked in an interview with Israel’s Channel 2 whether the U.S. was planning any initiatives after abstaining in a UN Security Council resolution vote condemning Israeli settlements, Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications for Obama, said a Kerry speech was in the works. “I wouldn’t describe it as new initiatives, I think what Secretary Kerry will be doing is he will give a speech in which he lays out a comprehensive vision for how he sees the conflict being resolved,” Rhodes said.