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Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) demanded Kerry’s immediate resignation.

Presidential candidate urges Kerry to pack his bags after he blamed ‘settlements’ for terror, and his spokesman slammed ‘Jewish terrorism.’

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In response to a slew of critical comments by Secretary of State John Kerry and his spokesman against Israel as it defends itself from a wave of Arab terror, Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Friday demanded Kerry’s immediate resignation.

Cruz’s call comes in response to Kerry blaming the terrorism on “Israeli settlements” in an interview Tuesday, a statement his spokesperson John Kirby later tried to backtrack on.

Kirby himself had to issue a semi-retraction after falsely blaming the terrorism on Israel for changing the “status quo” on the Temple Mount on Wednesday, and likewise delegitimizing Israeli self-defense by claiming there are “credible reports” of Israeli “excessive force.”

The State Department spokesperson also accused Israel of “terrorism,” saying “individuals on both sides of this divide are – have proven capable of, and in our view, are guilty of acts of terrorism.”

“Once again Sec. Kerry and his staff have proven themselves utterly unfit for the positions they hold,” Cruz told the Washington Free Beacon on Friday.

“Mr. Kirby should immediately retract his offensive assertion that Israel is ‘guilty of acts of terror’ or resign, and Secretary Kerry should immediately disavow these remarks or resign.”

The senator commented that “the Obama Administration is the most hostile we have seen towards the nation of Israel in our nation’s history. In the last few days, this obsessive antagonism has been on full display.”

Cruz’s calls mirrored those of Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY), who urged US President Barack Obama to fire Kirby in a statement on Thursday.

“It is absolutely disgusting and shameful that the Obama administration not only refuses to stand strong with our ally in Israel, but actually has the audacity to claim that the Israelis are guilty of terrorism,” Zeldin said.

“Admiral Kirby’s accusation warrants his immediate removal. He should absolutely not utter one more word on behalf of America’s foreign policy. If Secretary John Kerry refuses to speak out and discipline Mr. Kirby than Secretary Kerry needs to step aside as well,” he added.

In other developments, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slammed the US State Department on Thursday over its criticism of Israel for using “excessive force” in defending its civilians from Arab terrorists.

Speaking to Greta Van Susteren of Fox News, the real estate guru condemned State Department spokesperson John Kirby’s talk of “credible reports” regarding “excessive force” made Wednesday.

“Israel’s being hit from all sides, and, you know, if you look at this new deal, this horrible, one of the worst contracts ever negotiated, the Iran nuclear deal, I mean, how can Israel be happy with the United States?,” posed Trump.

“They’re getting hit on in so many different ways. So, I don’t blame him (Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu) for being unhappy with our president, or the United States. We’re not taking care of them. We’re not doing what we’re supposed to be doing.”

Directly addressing Kirby’s remarks, Trump said, “what’s excessive force? They’re being hit from all sides, and they’re being hit very unfairly, and they have to do what they have to do.”

In his comments, Kirby also falsely claimed on Wednesday that Israel is changing the “status quo” on the Temple Mount, and later had to issue a semi-retraction. Kirby also accused Israel of “terrorism,” saying “individuals on both sides of this divide are – have proven capable of, and in our view, are guilty of acts of terrorism.”

In his interview on Thursday, Trump also spoke of President Obama’s decision to delay the scheduled withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

“Well, I agree with that announcement because, frankly, if you look at what happened with Iraq, we should have never been in Iraq in the first place, but when we took the troops out, that was the end of that, and now Iran is taking over Iraq as sure as you’re sitting there,” said Trump.                (INN)

Ari Yashar

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