Tag: Antony Blinken
US announces restrictions against Israeli, Palestinian ‘extremists’
“Violence in the West Bank this year is at levels not seen since the Second Intifada, and in recent weeks, an alarming surge in violent acts has driven this unwelcome record even higher,” said...
Blinken: Pause ‘came to an end because of Hamas’
Speaking to reporters at Al-Maktoum Airport Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that it is important to remember why the "pause" in Gaza ended.
"It came...
Blinken questions Israel’s war plans, suggests clock running out
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, attending a meeting of Israel's War Cabinet on Thursday, questioned Israel's strategy for resuming war against Hamas and suggested that Israel was running out of time.
In a leaked,...
Biden’s statement on Kissinger’s passing appears to be his tersest official condolences yet
On June 19, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, released a 199-word statement on “the Passing of their beloved German shepherd Champ.”
The statement Biden issued on Nov. 30—hours after U.S. Secretary of...
Israel ‘cannot claim self-defense,’ Abbas says
Israel is carrying out a "genocide" and "cannot claim the right to self-defense," Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas claimed in a statement issued on Wednesday, as a Biden administration official credited Ramallah for keeping...
Netanyahu meets with Blinken in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at his office in Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon.
It is the fourth time the top U.S. diplomat has visited the Jewish state since the war...
Israel receives list of 10 hostages to be freed on Tuesday
Israel has received from Hamas the list of 10 hostages to be released from Gaza on Tuesday, according to the Israeli Prime Minister's Office. The list is part of a two-day ceasefire extension agreed...
What comes ‘the day after’?
In a rush to state what he believes should take place in Gaza “the day after” the Israel-Hamas war is over, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlined several ideas, including a role for...
Blinken: US wants Gaza under Palestinian Authority
The Gaza Strip must be handed over to the Palestinian Authority following hostilities, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a Group of Seven meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday.
The solution in Gaza “must include Palestinian-led...
Week after Hamas attack, Biden administration ‘strongly’ supports two-state solution
The first question U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked during an Al-Arabiya interview in Cairo on Oct. 15 set a tone. The last question yielded a telling answer.
"Mr. Secretary. Well, actually, you have, well, a...