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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Simon Lewis

In West Bank, Blinken presses for two-state solution

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, in Jerusalem January 31, 2023. Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool via REUTERS

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shuttled from Israel to the Palestinians' West Bank on Tuesday, appealing for an end to resurgent violence and reaffirming Washington's backing for a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict.

Blinken is urging calm on both sides after last week's killing by a Palestinian gunman of seven people outside a Jerusalem synagogue and anger among Palestinians over actions by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank.

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