Tag: Antony Blinken
Biden’s settlement delusions
Last week, the Biden administration reversed the “Pompeo Doctrine,” which recognized that Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria are not “per se inconsistent with international law.”
Biden’s record of being wrong on every single important...
Blinken: New Israeli housing units ‘inconsistent with international law’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that Israel’s approval of 3,000 new housing units in Judea—announced after one Israeli was killed and six wounded in a terrorist attack near Jerusalem—is “contrary to international law.”
That declaration...
Experts dismiss ‘Politico’ claim Blinken ‘too nice to be secretary of state’
Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, is so dull that a “major news organization” scrapped a profile of him after its journalists struggled mightily to find relevant “spicy anecdotes.” For senior Politico foreign-affairs correspondent Nahal...
Israel’s American frenemy
Astonishingly, Israel has to fight right now to defend its existence not just against a line-up of mortal foes doing the bidding of Iran but also against the Jewish state’s most important ally, America.
U.S....
Blinken, Netanyahu hold ‘in-depth meeting’ amid ceasefire push
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “held a long and in-depth meeting in private” at the latter’s Jerusalem office on Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s Office said.
The American diplomat...
Hamas response to hostage-release proposal ‘creates space’ for dialogue, says Blinken
While there are some “clear non-starters” in Hamas’s response to the renewed hostages-for-ceasefire framework proposed by mediators, it “creates space for an agreement to be reached,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters...
UNRWA USA philanthropy director a late scratch from ‘Occupy Blinken’ event
A press release ahead of an “Occupy Blinken” protest Thursday morning outside the McLean, Va. home of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken listed Hani Almadhoun and Hazami Barmada as speakers.
Almadhoun is described as...
Blinken to visit Israel for sixth time since Oct. 7
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel for three days beginning on Feb. 3, his sixth trip to the Jewish state since Hamas invaded the northwestern Negev on Oct. 7.
Blinken was in the...
Biden and Blinken’s disastrous plans
During his interview with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Davos on Jan. 17, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman asked what a potential future book by Blinken would be named. Blinken answered: “Best Laid...
Ralph Nader accuses Blinken of ‘antisemitism against Arab-Palestinians’
Lawyer and four-time failed U.S. presidential candidate Ralph Nader, 89, last week accused U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken of "antisemitism against Arab-Palestinians."
Blinken is Jewish. The Winsted, Conn.-born Nader is the son of Lebanese immigrants.
"Another example...