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Blinken retained a number of nations to the blacklist on worldwide spiritual freedom (Picture: Reuters File)
Whereas Israel has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it has restricted its help to Kyiv to humanitarian support and protecting gear.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will journey to Egypt, Israel and the West Financial institution from Sunday to Tuesday to debate heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in addition to the conflict in Ukraine with regional leaders, the State Division mentioned.
The highest U.S. diplomat’s go to was introduced simply hours after Israeli commandos killed seven gunmen and two civilians within the occupied West Financial institution, in keeping with Palestinian officers, stirring concern of additional flare-ups after the biggest single demise toll in years of preventing.
In conferences with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Blinken will talk about Israeli-Palestinian relations and preserving the two-state answer to the Israeli-Palestinian battle, division spokesperson Ned Worth mentioned in an announcement on Thursday.
“With each Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the Secretary will underscore the pressing want for the events to take steps to deescalate tensions with a purpose to put an finish to the cycle of violence that has claimed too many harmless lives,” Worth mentioned.
He mentioned Blinken would additionally talk about the significance of upholding the established order across the Haram al-Sharif or Temple Mount, the place a go to by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right safety minister in Netanyahu’s newly elected authorities, not too long ago stirred outrage amongst Palestinians. The decades-old established order permits solely Muslim worship on the compound, a website additionally revered by Jews.
Blinken’s journey comes on the heels of a go to by White Home nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan to Israel final week, the place he mentioned the conflict in Ukraine and issues over U.S. regional adversary Iran’s help for Russia’s invasion by the supply of drones.
Whereas Israel has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it has restricted its help to Kyiv to humanitarian support and protecting gear.
In Cairo, Blinken will meet with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and different Egyptian officers, aimed toward strengthening the 2 nations’ strategic partnership and bolstering their shared help for elections in Libya and talks to type a civilian authorities in Sudan after a 2021 navy coup, Worth mentioned.
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