Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic
Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer.
Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN's views and policy
positions.
This week, Alpher discusses Secretary of State Kerry's speech explaining the US decision not to veto UN Security
Council Resolution 2334 that condemned the settlements; Netanyahu’s angry reaction; an assessment of the part
Netanyahu chose to ignore: Kerry’s six principles for a two-state solution; President Trump’s possible approach to
the Israeli-Palestinian issue; and substantive corruption charges and a meaningful police investigation against
Netanyahu.