Blinken starts Center East excursion with call for quiet as
Israeli-Palestinian viciousness flares
As part of a three-day trip to
the Middle East, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has landed in Egypt and
will try to defuse tensions between Israel and Palestine following recent
violence.
The US secretary of state will
go to Ramallah on Tuesday to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud
Abbas after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem
on Monday.
A Palestinian woman strolls
close to Israeli border guards who are posted outside the family home of Alqam
Khayri, the shooter who ambushed and killed seven Israeli Jews on Friday.
Israeli reprisals against
Palestinians following deadly attacks
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Despite Blinken's long-planned
trip to see Israel's new right-wing administration,

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