Tag: Antony Blinken
Blinken to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia amid normalization push
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and Saudi Arabia later this month amid a diplomatic push to bring the Sunni kingdom into the Abraham Accords.
The trip, which the State Department has...
Blinken: Israel-Saudi deal ‘cannot be a substitute’ for two-state solution
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia could not come at the expense of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Speaking on the...
Blinken holds phone calls with Netanyahu, Abbas
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, according to Matthew Miller, spokesman for the U.S. State Department.
Blinken "reaffirmed the strength of the bilateral...
Abbas blames America for Israeli counterterror raids
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday said the United States is responsible for Israeli incursions into Palestinian towns in Judea and Samaria.
The P.A.'s Wafa news agency report quoted Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for the presidency, to that...
Blinken tells AIPAC ‘America is more secure when Israel is strong’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken addressed the 2023 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Summit (AIPAC) at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C., saying, “the depth and breadth” of the alliance between the U.S....
US State Department designates five al-Shabaab leaders as terrorists
Maxamed Siidow, Cali Yare, Maxamed Dauud Gabaane, Suleiman Cabdi Daoud and Mohamed Omar Mohamed—all influential leaders of al-Shabaab, a terror group based in Somalia—have now been labeled Designated Global Terrorists under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 by...
Federation urges Blinken to continue fighting for release of Evan Gershkovich
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) hosted a webinar on Monday that drew 500 people and has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken advocating for the release of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal foreign...
White House, State Department release statements ahead of Yom Hashoah
Both U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken released statements this week marking days of remembrance of Holocaust victims.
“During Yom Hashoah and throughout these days of remembrance, we mourn the 6...
Blinken urged Abbas to adopt US security plan for Jenin
Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to put into action a U.S. security plan aimed at reasserting P.A. control over the cities of Jenin and Nablus in Samaria.
“During his...
Blinken arrives in Israel ahead of meeting with Netanyahu
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday afternoon, ahead of meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog.
The top U.S. diplomat is also slated to meet Palestinian Authority...