Secretary of State Antony Blinken took off for the Middle East on Monday to press the Israelis, Palestinians and regional players to build on and strengthen last week’s Gaza cease-fire, start an immediate flow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and lay the groundwork for an eventual resumption in long-stalled peace talks.
President Joe Biden announced that he was dispatching Blinken to the region for what will be his administration’s highest-level, in-person talks on the crisis that erupted earlier this month. The White House said later that Biden had spoken to Egypt’s president, one of several leaders Blinken will meet on his trip, to underscore the importance of getting assistance to Gaza.
The State Department said Blinken will visit Israel, the West Bank, Jordan and Egypt on a trip that comes as the administration has faced broad criticism for its initial response to the deadly violence.
In a statement, Biden said Blinken will work with regional partners to ensure “the coordinated international effort to ensure immediate assistance reaches Gaza.”
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Hamas is not afraid to start wars with Israel because it knows the Left Wingers will rebuild whatever destruction it wrought upon Gaza, without Hamas having to spend a dime on rebuilding. Blinken and Biden are Hamas’s free insurance policy. They are like government-funded free health care insurance. No doubt Israel will also help resupply Gaza with its needs as it always does. Meanwhile the money Hamas saves by not having tp pay a dime for the rebuilding of Gaza, it will use to replenish its missile supply. A vicious cycle.
Mike Pompeo, Trump’s guy, is off to Israel to secure peace and Blinken, Biden’s guy, is off to Israel to secure peace. CONFUSED? WHO IS THE CURRENT US PRESIDENT?