Kerry denies Israeli regime apartheid comment amid calls for resignation

Amid calls for resignation of US Secretary of State John Kerry over his recent statement about Israeli regime, he has denied that he said Israel could become “an apartheid state.”

According to Press TV, Kerry said in a statement on Monday, “I do not believe, not have I ever stated, publicly or privately that Israel is an apartheid state or that it intends to become one.”

He added, “I will not allow my commitment to Israel to be questioned by anyone, particularly for partisan, political purposes.”

The denial came one day after The Daily Beast reported that it obtained a recording of remarks made by Kerry during a Friday meeting in which he criticized the Zionist regime’s illegal settlement activities and failure to achieve a peace deal with the Palestinian Authority.

Kerry told world leaders including experts from the US, Western Europe, Russia, and Japan, “A two-state solution will be clearly underscored as the only real alternative, because a unitary state winds up either being an apartheid state with second class citizens.”

On Monday, the top US diplomat also admitted that he was not careful during his Friday’s speech to international experts of the Trilateral Commission.