Blinken Meets with Israeli, Palestinian Leaders
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25 May 2021, 20:35 GMT+10 JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting Tuesday with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem and Palestinian leaders in Ramallah as part of an effort to build on a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that went into effect late last week. Even as we were working with the parties and partners to help reach a ceasefire, we were also focused on the road ahead, including steps we could take to build a better future for Israelis and Palestinians, Blinken said as he departed for what is a multi-nation visit to the Middle East. It is his first time going to the region as the top U.S. diplomat.
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Blinken Pledges US Support to Rebuild Gaza During Jerusalem Visit
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26 May 2021, 00:05 GMT+10
JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored Israel s right to defend itself as he visited Jerusalem on Tuesday as part of an effort to build on a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that went into effect late last week.
Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Blinken said both Israel and the Palestinians experienced profound losses during the fighting, and that there is a lot of work ahead to restore hope, respect and trust. Casualties are often reduced to numbers, but behind every number is an individual human being - a daughter, a son, a father, a mother, a grandparent, a best friend, Blinken said. And as the Talmud teaches, to lose a life is to lose the whole world, whether that life is Palestinian or Israeli.
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May 25, 2021
Qatar’s top diplomat visited Egypt on Tuesday in a further sign that relations are improving between the two states.
Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo on Tuesday. The two discussed improving bilateral ties. More specifically, they talked about the Nile River dam dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia. Thani also thanked Shoukry for Egypt’s help in brokering the recent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, according to the official Qatar News Agency.
Egypt, along with its allies Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, cut off relations with Qatar in 2017. The quartet alleged that Qatar was supporting terrorism, which Qatar denied. The dispute was also related to Qatar’s relatively friendly relations with the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran.