Tag: Antony Blinken
Palestinians sue State Department over aid to Israel
A lawsuit filed Tuesday by Palestinians from Gaza and their U.S. relatives accuses the State Department of circumventing a law that prohibits U.S. military aid to foreign forces implicated in gross human rights abuses...
Biden administration calls for one-year Israeli extension of Palestinian banking agreement
The Biden administration warned on Thursday that Israel’s decision to extend a waiver, allowing Israeli and Palestinian banks to transact business for only one more month, has created a “looming crisis” that might threaten...
Blinken touches down in Israel for 11th time since Oct. 7
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken touched down at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday morning, marking the diplomat's 11th visit since the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Blinken met with...
With allies like these
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Egypt when news of the brilliant attack on Hezbollah terrorists through their beepers hit the airwaves. Because Israel hadn’t and still hasn’t claimed responsibility for the...
Blinken suggests recent terror attacks, including suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, aren’t escalations
With his hands clasped, Israeli President Isaac Herzog detailed “ongoing terror attacks by Palestinian terrorists” in the prior 24 hours, during a Tel Aviv press conference alongside U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday. Those...
‘Incumbent’ on Hamas to accept hostage deal, as Israel has, Blinken says
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the Hamas terror group to accept the latest proposal for a ceasefire-for-hostages deal with Israel on Monday, speaking following meetings with senior officials in Jerusalem.
“In a very...
Blinken speaks with top diplomats from Qatar, Egypt on regional tensions
The U.S. State Department reports that Secretary of State Antony Blinken talked with Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar’s prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Wednesday about the...
Al-Aqsa is a misdirect
The war Israel has been fighting for its existence since Oct. 7 is in response to an unprovoked attack initiated and supported by Iran and Qatar. Despite this, a troubling narrative has emerged from...
Blinken reportedly delaying Middle East trip due to ‘uncertainty about the situation’
First Axios reported that Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, was slated to depart on Tuesday for a trip to Israel, Egypt and Qatar. Then, Axios said, citing two unnamed sources, the trip was scrapped.
“Secretary of State Blinken has...
Inside story: Behind the Netanyahu-Harris meeting
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sent strong signals to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week on what to expect from a relationship should she succeed U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.
Netanyahu...