UK's May slams Kerry for focus on settlements

"UK Prime Minister Theresa May came out against US Secretary of State John Kerry's address criticizing Israel, with a spokesman saying Thursday that disproportionately focusing on settlements and criticizing the composition of the Israeli government is not a constructive way to work towards solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

'We do not believe that the way to negotiate peace is by focusing on only one issue, in this case the construction of settlements, when clearly the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians is so deeply complex,' the spokesman said...

On that, May's spokesman commented: 'We do not believe that it is appropriate to attack the composition of the democratically-elected government of an ally.'

The UK government believes negotiations must take place between Israel and the Palestinians, with backing from the international community, the spokesman added..."