John Kerry's Final, Harmful Insult to Israel  —  A shameful end to the Obama foreign policy.  —  In the Obama administration's waning days, global challenges to American interests abound.  In Syria, which will be a bloody stain on the reputations of Barack Obama and John Kerry, the killing continues.

Inside the coming war between the United States and the United Nations  —  Even before Donald Trump's inauguration as president, Congress is planning to escalate the clash over the U.N. Security Council's anti-Israel resolution into a full-on conflict between the United States and the United Nations.

Erekat: Leaked transcript with Kerry, Rice ‘lies and half-truths’  —  Palestinian negotiator confirms confab with US officials, as US National Security Council says tripartite meeting never took place, says report a ‘total fabrication’  —  The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday's developments as they unfold.

Kerry Rebukes Israel, Calling Settlements a Threat to Peace  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Wednesday that the Israeli government was undermining any hope of a two-state solution to its decades-long conflict with the Palestinians …

Debbie Reynolds, ‘Singin’ in the Rain' Star and Carrie Fisher's Mother, Dies at 84  —  Debbie Reynolds, the Oscar-nominated singer-actress who was the mother of late actress Carrie Fisher, has died at Cedars-Sinai hospital.  She was 84.  —  “She wanted to be with Carrie,” her son Todd Fisher told Variety.

Debbie Reynolds — DEAD AT 84  —  Debbie Reynolds — who rose to stardom in “Singin' in the Rain” and quickly became a staple among Hollywood royalty — died Wednesday as a result of a stroke, TMZ has learned ... just one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away ... this according to her son Todd.