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Kerry speech 'skewed against Israel': Netanyahu

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today called a major speech by US Secretary of State John Kerry on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "skewed against Israel".

"Like the Security Council resolution that Secretary Kerry advanced in the UN, his speech tonight was skewed against Israel," a statement from Netanyahu's office said.

"For over an hour, Kerry obsessively dealt with settlements and barely touched upon the root of the conflict -- Palestinian opposition to a Jewish state in any boundaries.

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First Published: Dec 28 2016 | 11:57 PM IST

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