Amid calls for resignation of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over his recent statement about Israel,he has denied that he said Israel could become “an apartheid state.”
"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," Kerry said in a statement on Monday."Anyone who knows anything about me knows that without a shred of doubt," he said. "I will not allow my commitment to Israel to be questioned by anyone, particularly for partisan, political purposes