Antony Blinken
Egypt’s president said the massacre of 1,400 Israelis was the result of “accumulated fury and hatred.”
“The means to be used against Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad is similar to the means used against ISIS: less restrictions, less consideration for humanitarian issues and serious attempts to destroy [both],” said Eytan Gilboa, an expert on U.S.-Israel relations.
“We are here, we are not going anywhere,” Blinken told the Israeli prime minister in Jerusalem.
The U.S. president and Israeli prime minister have spoken four times since the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7.
Senior U.S. and Israeli officials spoke several times on Oct. 10, the fourth day after Hamas attacked Israel, killing more than 1,000 people.
The U.S. Secretary of State will meet with Israeli leaders about how America can assist in the war against Hamas.
“We have reports that several Americans were killed,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The trip will include a visit to Ramallah.
Many are hailing Israel’s admission as historic, while critics say that Washington’s strict requirements could compromise Israeli security.
The final decision rests with the secretary of homeland security, who is expected to announce Israel’s admission on Sept. 28.
The U.S. secretary of state spoke a about Israeli-Saudi relations and about the $6 billion transferred to Iran in interviews Wednesday on Good Morning America and on The Today Show.
“Above all, we must prevent Iran from ever acquiring nuclear weapons and threatening our greatest ally in the region,” the bipartisan group wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
