John Kerry plays a crucial role in the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict started after the UN agreement to give half of Palestine to the Jews and claimed the state known as Israel. The Palestinians began to question why they need to share their land with the Jews, and war broke out. The two sides in this conflict are the Arabs and the Jews. The Arabs or Palestinians story is that they feel suffrage and punishment as a result of how the Jews were treated. The leave behind historical tragedies in order to make opportunities for negotiation. The Jews or Israelis tend to aggravate the conflict because of the rejection of peace offers and constant war threats thus alternating between thoughts on negotiation or rejection. In 1967, the Six Day War began and more Jews started to settle in. John Kerry said that these settlements were a threat to peace and that some Jews were settling on Palestinian territories. During the war, Israel struck before
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These attempts were to restart the progress towards peace between Palestine and Israel. Previous attempts at peace have failed through the lack of cooperativeness in the peace-makers. Martin Indyk, former US ambassador to Israel, was appointed by the US to oversee the negotiations. But Hamas rejected the talks stating that Mahmoud Abbas, the president of Palestinian authority, has no legitimacy to negotiate. On December 28, 2016, John Kerry gives a two-state solution speech. His plan is to aim to keep the two-state solution risk-free. He wanted to abstain from condemning Israeli settlements. Kerry thought this was the only way to achieve lasting peace between Israel and Palestine. John Kerry wanted both sides to commit to further negotiations, much like the Oslo Accords. He argues to secure borders between the two groups, but wants to establish the solution of making Jerusalem the capital of the two
These attempts were to restart the progress towards peace between Palestine and Israel. Previous attempts at peace have failed through the lack of cooperativeness in the peace-makers. Martin Indyk, former US ambassador to Israel, was appointed by the US to oversee the negotiations. But Hamas rejected the talks stating that Mahmoud Abbas, the president of Palestinian authority, has no legitimacy to negotiate. On December 28, 2016, John Kerry gives a two-state solution speech. His plan is to aim to keep the two-state solution risk-free. He wanted to abstain from condemning Israeli settlements. Kerry thought this was the only way to achieve lasting peace between Israel and Palestine. John Kerry wanted both sides to commit to further negotiations, much like the Oslo Accords. He argues to secure borders between the two groups, but wants to establish the solution of making Jerusalem the capital of the two