Tag: Antony Blinken
Blinken: US will judge next Israeli government on policies, not personalities
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that policies, and not the people implementing them, will define the relationship between Washington and Jerusalem’s next government.
During his keynote address to the J Street...
Antony Blinken to keynote J Street conference in Washington
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be the keynote speaker at J Street’s annual conference in Washington, D.C., the organization announced on Wednesday.
Blinken is slated to speak on Sunday at the event, which...
85-year-old American citizen freed from Iran after six years of detention
An 85-year-old Iranian-American who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2016 arrived and was reunited with his family in Abu Dhabi, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.
Baquer Namazi, a former United Nations...
Blinken reportedly asks Gantz to review IDF rules of engagement post-Abu Akleh
Biden administration officials have asked Israel to review its military’s rules of engagement for operations in Judea and Samaria and for Jerusalem to publish the conclusions of its report into the killing of Palestinian-American Al...
Iran denies responsibility for Rushdie knifing, Blinken decries continued incitement of violence
Iranian government officials denied that they were responsible for the brutal stabbing of internationally acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie on Monday, instead laying the blame on him.
“Regarding the attack against Salman Rushdie in America, we don’t consider...
Blinken: Best result for US, Iran is return to nuclear deal
Returning to the 2015 nuclear deal remains the best outcome for the United States, Iran and the world, according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking at the United Nations about global nonproliferation...
Blinken congratulates Lapid on becoming Israeli premier
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday night to congratulate him on assuming his new role.
Blinken reaffirmed to Lapid the United States’ “unwavering commitment to the...
Blinken praises international advocacy in virtual address at AJC Global Forum
Praising its global leadership on important foreign-policy issues like democracy and anti-Semitism, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by video to the American Jewish Committee’s annual Global Forum on Monday.
Blinken praised the committee’s...
Blinken speaks with Abbas ahead of Biden visit to Israel
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday.
According to U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price, Blinken spoke to Abbas about the importance of Israelis and Palestinians working...
Blinken decries terror in Israel: ‘We stand firmly with them in face of this...
The Biden administration condemned the terrorist attack that killed three people and left several wounded in the central Israel city of Elad on Thursday night.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a news...