US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken
Middle East
The US Secretary of State is expected to renew his country’s support for Israel, but will also put pressure on all interested parties to achieve the evacuation of all Americans from Gaza.
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said upon arriving in Tel Aviv on Friday that he would discuss with Israeli officials his country’s efforts to provide humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza and Israel’s right to defend itself.
Blinken added through his Platform X account that he will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry said yesterday, Thursday, that Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi will meet Blinken tomorrow, Saturday, in Amman to highlight the need to stop the Israeli war on Gaza.
As escalation and fighting between the Israeli army and Hamas continues unabated for 4 weeks, Blinken arrived in Israel on Friday for the second time since the war began as part of a new regional tour, and will move to Israel. Jordan, which recalled its ambassador to Tel Aviv to protest against the bombing of Gaza.
In a post on platform “X” (formerly Twitter), Blinken expressed his gratitude for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s efforts “to facilitate a mechanism for the exit of Americans and other nationalities” from the Strip, saying : “We are intensely focused on the two-state solution and reject forced resettlement.”
Blinken is expected to renew his country’s support for Israel, but will also put pressure on all stakeholders to achieve the evacuation of all Americans from Gaza, as well as the release of foreign prisoners held by Hamas. The Israeli military said Hamas held 242 prisoners, some of them foreigners.
Before leaving Washington on Thursday, Blinken said he would discuss during a visit to Israel “concrete steps” to take to reduce harm to civilians in Gaza, amid growing warnings of a rise in the number of deaths and injuries from consequence of the Israeli bombing of the Strip.
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