John Kerry
The U.S. special presidential climate envoy will “hold meetings with officials regarding global cooperation to combat the climate crisis.”
First announced by President Isaac Herzog in October, the ICF aims to lead discussions about climate change and Israel’s role in fighting it.
The first of the JNS podcast “Top Story” with Jonathan S. Tobin.
The backlash over allegations that former Secretary of State John Kerry may have provided Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif inside information on Israeli military operations has sparked calls for an investigation.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry denies as “unequivocally false” reports that he ever discussed covert Israeli military actions in Syria with Iran’s foreign minister.
“This was really a priority of the Trump administration since the day it began,” said U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. “It was a shocking surprise that was four years in the making, and I think the momentum will continue.”
The president was referring to John Kerry conducting shadow diplomacy to salvage the nuclear deal, which the United States withdrew from last year and reimposed sanctions that were lifted under it, in addition to enacting new penalties against Tehran.
Promoting his new book, former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he has met with Iranian Former Minister Javad Zarif around three or four times in recent months, defying the Trump administration.
