Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Office has described US Secretary of State John Kerry's focus on Israeli settlements in his speech as obsessive, calling his comments ''biased.''

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's position has significantly clouded the relations of our country with Israel, so important in this difficult time for Ukraine.

‘’As someone who has devoted my public service to establishing peace with our Palestinian neighbors, including in my capacity as Chair of the Knesset’s Lobby for the Two-State Solution, I cannot hide my extreme disappointment at the passing of this unjust resolution, including its support by our European allies at the UN,’’ writes Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in a letter addressed to Parliamentarians across Europe.

CRIF, the representative umbrella group of French Jewish institutions, said remarks made by Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman about the Jews of France ‘’are excessive and inaccurate historically.’’

Swastikas and slogans calling to exterminate Jews and Roma were daubed on a kindergarten in Montreuil, a suburb near Paris.

As a gesture of displeasure with Ukraine’s support for the resolution adopted last week by the UN Security Council on the settlements, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to cancel a scheduled visit in Israel of Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman.

A spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denied that he intends to cancel a meeting next month with British Prime Minister Theresa May as part of a retaliatory measure to the vote last Friday of a United Nations Security Council resolution against settlements, The Times of Israel reported.