Antony Blinken
Will pressure by the U.S. vice president on the Israeli prime minister expedite a Gaza ceasefire?
The U.S. secretary of state called the presumptive Democratic nominee “a leading voice in our administration.”
“We condemn all manifestations of antisemitism and other forms of hatred and urge all governments to unequivocally do so as well,” stated U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Israel’s foreign minister met with his American counterpart Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
“Absent doing something about the insecurity, people won’t have the confidence to go back” to their homes in northern Israel and southern Lebanon, Blinken said of the conflict with Hezbollah.
“Israel has effectively lost sovereignty in the northern quadrant of its country, because people don’t feel safe to go to their homes,” per the U.S. secretary of state.
“Iran must cease its escalations with regard to its nuclear program as well as its other destabilizing actions,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Cairo and Abu Dhabi were said to have demanded that Israel agree to a pathway to establishing a Palestinian state.
The Palestinian Authority devotes 7% of its budget to paying stipends to terrorists, including some who participated in the Oct. 7 attacks, says Israel Katz.
“The last thing a sovereign democracy under siege needs is a public tongue-lashing from the White House,” the senate minority leader said.
The Israeli prime minister said that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed to fully resume the flow of weapons.
“What the hell is any U.S. government spokesperson doing talking to Hezbollah?” asked Michael Doran, of the Hudson Institute.
