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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as part of a visit to the region in which Blinken has urged I

Conversation i think that secretary blinken was talking about and deescalating. thats what has to happen now. the deescalation of violence. too much violence is going on now. we saw the palestinian terrorist killing a number of jews and synagogue and then we see the increased violence in the settlement so to the palestinians. that tension must be reduced and has to be reduced immediately. we met today with king abdullah of jordan and he said that we need to reduce it before ramadan so that we sh...

Israelis, this sort of parity of, you know -- parity of security guarantees, parity of freedoms, united states, palestinians will point out, are very strong in supporting and giving security support to the israelis, but they dont feel they get that. so i think that gives you a sense of the heavy lift, the diplomatic lift, that faces secretary blinken here. he has talked as well about the two-state solution and he has talked as well about this far right government of benjamin netanyahu and the re...

>> united states is committed to working towards our enduring goal of ensuring that the palestinians and israelis enjoy equal measures of justice, dignity and the only way to achieve that goal is through preserving and then realizing the division of two states for two peoples. >> reporter: the secretary of state did acknowledge that the horizon for that two-state solution is shrinking, not expanding. as you noted, one of the most significant announcements he made there is staff staying behind to...

Any sort of peace deal in years but when talking about that two-state solution, he almost made reference, his comments were almost more for the israeli government really than for the palestinians. take a listen. >> united states will continue to oppose anything that puts that goal further from reach. including but not limited to settlement expansion, legalization of illegal outposts, legalization of annexation, holy sites, demolition and encitement and acquiescence to violence. >> reporter: all ...

To "a shrinking horizon of hope" for palestinians. here�*s some more of what he had to say. we can look to both sides to take some positive steps to try to rebuild confidence, rebuild trust, and that in turn lays the foundation for, at some point, pursuing two states. but i think in this moment, the most immediate challenge is, as i said, diffusing the cycle of violence that has people here, first and foremost, but around the region, deeply concerned. you heard secretary blinken there referrin...

Notable for me is to hear from the secretary of state he has senior staff staying behind to continue the conversation with both sides. it is from those meetings i think that we might see the concrete steps. notably might be the palestinian authority agreeing to reinstate the security coordination, they cult it off last week. this is something that the state department said they disagreed with, they wanted it to continue. obviously i mean things like settlements, those are big ideas. not sure whe...

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Minister netanyahu they have to stop the settlements when taking police of the expansion, what prevents a two-state solution from occurring. >> so netanyahus new government was formed with members of two parties that are to the right of netanyahu. a couple of the ministers in his cabinet are -- have some really controversial actions and statements in the past, not even that far in the past. even some of israels most staunch supporters said quote, the more things get out of hand in the west bank,...

Minister again for a sixth time not endorsing a two-state solution and abas is the president of the plo for more tha than 15 years. these are not just leaders showing a willingness to work together so they dont believe that is a great starting point and i also think when it comes to this cycle of violence that we have seen over the last week or so, in israel and in palestine, you also have the secretary of state really hoping in on the fact they need to deescalate things before they can go anywh...