The Latest Breaking News from Antony Blinken

Israel Says It Intercepted Rocket Fired from Gaza Strip

Sirens sounded in southern Israel and a rocket was intercepted from Gaza on Wednesday, the Israeli army said, as tensions soared between Palestinians and the country's new ultranationalist government. The army said in a statement that sirens sounded in the city of Sderot and in the area surrounding the Gaza…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2023

Shoukry, Lavrov Meet in Moscow, Discuss Cooperation, Int’l Developments

Egypt and Russia stressed on Tuesday the importance of developing bilateral relations between their countries at all levels. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomed his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Moscow for talks on regional and international issues, notably the Ukrainian crisis. At a joint press conference, Shoukry said the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2023

Palestinians Urge Blinken Against Allowing US Embassy to Be Built on Confiscated Land in Jerusalem

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, filed on Monday a letter to object against a plan to build the new US embassy and diplomatic compound in Jerusalem. The letter charges that the missions will be built on land that was confiscated from Palestinians. The letter was…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2023

Blinken criticises settlements but stresses US support for Israel

After meeting Palestinian President Abbas, top US diplomat says Washington’s immediate priority is to defuse tensions.

Al Jazeera · Jan 31, 2023

Antony Blinken warns of ‘shrinking horizon of hope’ for Palestinians during visit to West Bank

‘Restoring calm is our immediate task,’ says US secretary of state

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

The Palestinian president and his unfulfilled quest for a state

Mahmoud Abbas spent much of his life before becoming Palestinian president in the shadow of Yasser Arafat, long the figurehead of the Palestinian cause, but he has never secured the same status in the role and has not brought his people closer to statehood.

Reuters · Jan 31, 2023

Blinken expresses 'sorrow' over deaths of innocent Palestinians on Ramallah trip

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Tuesday with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence.

France 24 · Jan 31, 2023

Palestinian President Abbas blames Israel for violence

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blamed Israel on Tuesday for a sharp escalation of violence in the West Bank as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged calm on both sides and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to a two state solution.

Reuters · Jan 31, 2023

Send terrorists to the electric chair, says Israel's new extreme right minister

Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's comments came after seven people were shot dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem and as violent incidents were reported in Jerusalem and the West Bank

Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2023

Blinken in Mideast renews appeal for Israel-Palestinian calm

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023