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Antony Blinken

A hefty section on “Israel, West Bank and Gaza” devotes considerably more space to right-wing Orthodox positions on egalitarian worship at the Western Wall than it does to antisemitic attacks on Israelis.
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“The mass murder of 6 million Jews was not a sudden or singular act, but rather the culmination of countless incremental steps,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The U.S. secretary of state and Israeli foreign affairs minister also discussed “efforts to advance mutual interests,” per a U.S. State Department readout.
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
During his call with both leaders, the top U.S. diplomat reaffirmed Washington’s “commitment to a negotiated two-state solution and opposition to policies that endanger its viability.”
“We strongly oppose these unilateral actions which will only serve to exacerbate tensions between Israelis and Palestinians,” said France, Germany, Italy, the U.K. and U.S. in a joint statement.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly made the request during his visit last week to Israel in a bid to de-escalate tensions amid rampant Palestinian terrorism.
Jenin and Nablus have become “centers of unrest” as control slips from the Palestinian Authority’s grasp.
The U.S. secretary of state implies that Washington expects Jerusalem to provide Kyiv with military equipment.
Palestinians’ “horizon of hope” is shrinking, the secretary of state said.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in New York City in 2018. Credit: A Katz/Shutterstock.
Abbas to US: Security cooperation with Israel will be restored
P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas tells CIA Director William Burns that condemning the recent terrorist attacks in Jerusalem would be “political suicide.”