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Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday to seek governance reforms as part of U.S. efforts to rally the region behind postwar plans for Gaza that also include concrete steps toward a Palestinian state.

US top diplomat Antony Blinken on Wednesday met the head of the Palestinian Authority and travelled to Bahrain on his Middle East tour aimed at stopping the Israel-Hamas war from

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to secure a future for postwar Gaza.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to President Mahmoud Abbas today about reforming the Palestinian self-rule government, as part

TEL AVIV, Israel -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday called on Israel to work with moderate Palestinians and neighboring countries on plans for postwar Gaza, saying they were willing to help rebuild and govern the territory but only if there is a "pathway to a Palestinian state."

Blinken says he has secured commitments from multiple countries in the region to assist with rebuilding and governing Gaza after Israel's war against Hamas.

Israel kept bombing Gaza on Wednesday as US top diplomat Antony Blinken met the head of the Palestinian Authority, which Washington hopes could govern the coastal territory after the war ends. As the US secretary of state arrived under tight security in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, protesters held up signs that read "Stop the genocide", "Free Palestine" and "Blinken out", AFP reported.

Abbas and the Jordanian and Egyptian leaders wull also affirm their opposition to any displacement of Palestinians from their lands.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas spoke of the need "to stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people" in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, which has also been torn by deadly unrest