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Blinken urges calm in visit to Jerusalem
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JERUSALEM -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for calm at a time of cascading violence during his visit to Jerusalem on Monday, the most high-profile U.S. engagement with Israel since the inauguration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government last month.
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Blinken to visit Israel and West Bank with tensions high after outbreak of violence
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Blinken on Mideast tour as Israel-Palestinian violence flares
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Blinken urges Israel-Palestinian calm as violence soars
By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Jerusalem and Ramallah next week has gained new urgency after a wave of deadly violence in Israel and the West Bank.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will proceed with a planned trip to Israel and the Palestinian-controlled West Bank despite an outburst of violence that has racked the region the last two days, the State Department said Friday.
CAIRO -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Egypt Sunday at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East as violence flares between Israelis and Palestinians, and
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which he will look to notch down Israeli-Palestinian tensions after an eruption of violence.Blinken, who will travel Monday and Tuesday to Jerusalem and Ramallah after his stop in Cairo, had long plann…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which he will look to notch down Israeli-Palestinian tensions after an eruption of violence.Blinken, who will travel Monday and Tuesday to Jerusalem and Ramallah after his stop in Cairo, had long plann…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East next week following three violent incidents that left several civilians dead in recent days.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which he will look to use US influence to notch down
US secretary of state arrives in Middle East after Jerusalem terror attacks, including shooting that left 7 dead, and amid surging West Bank violence; pope condemns ‘death spiral’
CAIRO (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to exercise restraint and ease tensions amid a spike in
The armed factions in the Gaza Strip are not paying any attention to the visit of the US secretary of state to the region, and vowed continued retaliation against the Israeli military operations in the West Bank.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken flew to Israel to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The visit comes amid escalating turmoil in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Israel and the Palestinians to exercise restraint and ease tensions amid a spike in violence that has put the region on edge.
The latest spate of violence erupted last week with an Israeli military raid on a militant stronghold in the West Bank city of Jenin last week that killed 10 people, most of them militants, and a Palestinian shooting attack in an east Jerusalem Jewish settlement that killed seven.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged "calm" and "deescalation" after violence has flared between Israel and the Palestinians, as he kicked off a Middle East tour in Cairo on Monday.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off a Middle East trip in Cairo on Monday focussed on urging calm amid an escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinians.Washington's top diplomat met Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and was later set to travel to Israel and the Palestin…
The US secretary of state strongly condemned recent attacks by Palestinian gunmen in east Jerusalem, but also urged restraint from Israelis in their response.
The armed factions in the Gaza Strip are not paying any attention to the visit of the US secretary of state to the region, and vowed continued retaliation against the Israeli military operations in the West Bank.
