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Blinken meets with Netanyahu in Israel as diplomatic efforts ramp up

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Originally Published: 22 MAR 24 00:00 ET Updated: 22 MAR 24 06:53 ET By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Friday morning as part of an intensive diplomatic push to reach a “sustained and immediate ceas…

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  1. Blinken Holding Egypt Talks Seeking Gaza Cease-Fire, Humanitarian Aid

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    Blinken meets with Netanyahu in Israel as diplomatic efforts ramp up

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  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Blinken adds Israel stop as tensions rise over prosecution of Gaza war (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    The top U.S. diplomat will be in Tel Aviv on Friday after talks with Arab leaders and foreign ministers in Jeddah and Cairo focused on the war in Gaza.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Israel-Hamas war: Blinken due in Middle East to push truce – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to the Middle East for the sixth time since the war started. Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it killed 90 gunmen at the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.

  3. Al-Monitor

    Blinken tours Mideast as Israel-Hamas war pushes Gaza towards famine (opens Al-Monitor)

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    US top diplomat Antony Blinken touched down Wednesday in the Middle East to bolster international efforts to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war, as the threat of famine looms in besieged Gaza.Global concern has mounted over the military conflict now in its sixth month, in which Israeli Prime Min…

  4. CNN

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expected to travel to Israel Friday (opens CNN)

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    An Israeli military raid continues at Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, where thousands of people are sheltering in dire conditions. Follow for live updates.

  5. The Boston Globe

    Blinken adds Israel stop to latest Mideast tour as tensions rise over Gaza war (opens The Boston Globe)

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    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel this week as part of his sixth urgent mission to the Middle East since the Israelis’ war with Hamas began in October, as relations between the two countries have soured dramatically in recent weeks.

  6. New York Times

    Blinken Adds a Stop in Israel to His Mideast Trip (opens New York Times)

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    The State Department said Antony Blinken, the top U.S. diplomat, would hold talks about efforts to release the hostages held in Gaza and increase aid deliveries.

  7. France 24

    Blinken heads to Mideast as Israel-Hamas war threatens famine (opens France 24)

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    US top diplomat Antony Blinken was set to return to the Middle East Wednesday in a new bid to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war as the threat of famine looms in besieged Gaza.

  8. Green Field Reporter

    Blinken adds Israel stop to latest Mideast tour as tensions rise over Gaza war - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel this week as part of his sixth urgent mission to the Middle East since the Israelis’ war with Hamas began in October, as relations between the two countries have soured dramatically in recent weeks.

  9. PBS NewsHour

    Blinken to visit Israel on latest Middle East tour as tensions rise over Gaza war (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The previously unannounced stop comes as relations between the two countries have soured dramatically in recent weeks.

  10. Voice of America

    Blinken Holding Egypt Talks Seeking Gaza Cease-Fire, Humanitarian Aid (opens Voice of America)

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    US Defense Chief spoke with Israeli counterpart about need for alternatives to Rafah ground offensive.

  11. NPR

    Blinken will visit Israel at a moment of mounting tension over the war in Gaza (opens NPR)

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    Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he arrives in Israel on Friday. The White House wants Israel to pause plans for an attack on Rafah.

  12. Al-Monitor

    Egypt hosts Arab talks with Blinken on steps to end Gaza war (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Government ministers from five Arab countries met Thursday in Cairo with a Palestinian official to discuss the Gaza war, Egypt's foreign ministry said, ahead of talks with the US top diplomat.The ministers discussed "needed efforts to stop (the) Israeli war and reach a ceasefire in Gaza and ensure f…

  13. Al-Monitor

    Blinken tours Mideast as Israel presses raid on Gaza hospital (opens Al-Monitor)

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    US top diplomat Antony Blinken touched down Wednesday in the Middle East to bolster efforts for a truce in the war in Gaza, as Israeli forces pushed on with a raid on the territory's largest hospital.Global concern has mounted over the military conflict now in its sixth month, in which Israeli Prime…

  14. Al Jazeera

    Blinken meets with Arab officials, calls for ‘enduring end’ to Gaza crisis (opens Al Jazeera)

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    US secretary of state holds talks with Egyptian president and crown prince of Saudi Arabia in latest Middle East tour.

  15. New York Times

    Middle East Crisis: Blinken Meets With Egypt’s President as U.S. Pushes for Cease-Fire at U.N. (opens New York Times)

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    Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is on his sixth wartime trip to the Mideast as part of diplomatic efforts to arrange for an immediate pause in the fighting in Gaza.

  16. PBS NewsHour

    News Wrap: Blinken in Egypt for another attempt to end war in Gaza (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    In our news wrap Thursday, Secretary of State Blinken is in Egypt on his latest attempt to end the war in Gaza, Ukraine's capital city suffered its heaviest barrage of Russian missiles in weeks, the European Union took up the question of using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine's military and the…

  17. KVIA El Paso

    Blinken meets with Netanyahu in Israel as diplomatic efforts ramp up (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    Originally Published: 22 MAR 24 00:00 ET Updated: 22 MAR 24 06:53 ET By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Friday morning as part of an intensive diplomatic push to reach a “sustained and immediate ceas…

  18. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Blinken returns to Israel for another round of tough conversations with Netanyahu as diplomatic efforts ramp up (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to Israel Friday as part of an intensive diplomatic push to reach a

  19. Al Jazeera

    US top diplomat holds talks in Israel as Netanyahu vows Rafah invasion (opens Al Jazeera)

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    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the Israeli leader that a Rafah assault risks ‘further isolating’ Israel.

  20. The Columbian

    Israel’s Netanyahu rebuffs US plea to halt Rafah offensive. Tensions rise ahead of Washington talks (opens The Columbian)

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    TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday once again left the Middle East empty-handed as Israel’s prime minister rejected American appeals to call off a promised ground

  21. Al-Monitor

    Blinken heads to Israel to press for 'immediate' truce in Gaza war (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Israel Friday to press for a truce in Gaza, ahead of a key UN Security Council vote on a US draft resolution on the need for an "immediate" ceasefire.Israel's main backer the United States announced it would submit for a vote on Friday a draft to the Securi…

  22. Herald Bulletin

    The Latest | Blinken meets Israeli leaders as Russia, China veto a UN cease-fire resolution (opens Herald Bulletin)

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    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv on the final stop in his sixth urgent trip to the region since the start of

  23. Al-Monitor

    US and Israel hold tense talks as Gaza truce plan fails at UN (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Israel plans to send troops into Gaza's Rafah even without US support, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Antony Blinken on Friday, as Washington failed to pass a UN resolution on an "immediate" ceasefire.

  24. WHEC Rochester

    The Latest | Blinken meets Israeli leaders as UN prepares to vote on a cease-fire resolution (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv on the final stop in his sixth urgent trip to the region since the start of the war. Blinken says he will share alternatives to Israel’s planned ground assault into the southern Gaza town of Rafah during talks with Prime…

  25. WHDH Boston

    Blinken meets with Netanyahu in Israel as diplomatic efforts ramp up - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Friday morning as part of an intensive

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