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caroline modarressy tehrani and seb payne, director of the centre right think tank, onward. welcome to the programme. the us secretary of state antony blinken, has urged israel and the palestinians to take steps to calm tensions during a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. in the latest incident, just hours before mr blinken was due to arrive in israel palestinian health officials say israeli forces shot dead a palestinian man at a military checkpoint in hebron. the violence was sparked on thursday, when ten palestinians were shot dead in the occupied west bank by israeli forces. then on friday, seven israelis were killed when a palestinian gunmen opened fire outside a synagogue in east jerusalem. secretary blinken has already met prime minister benjamin netanyahu and will also meet the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abas. from the moment mr blinken s plane touched the tarmac he made it clear that addressing the violence of the las ....
Mr antony blinken from america is clearly mr antony blinken from america is clearly trying to deal a security is as number clearly trying to deal a security is as number one priority. that is not what as number one priority. that is not what he as number one priority. that is not what he went on this visit to israei. what he went on this visit to israel, but it has become the top issue israel, but it has become the top issue for israel, but it has become the top issue. for him he needs to try and cairn issue. for him he needs to try and cairn down issue. for him he needs to try and calm down the situation and avoid further calm down the situation and avoid further escalation, because that is quite further escalation, because that is quite often what happens when you re in these quite often what happens when you re in these situations. we have seen this in in these situations. we have seen this in the in these situations. we have seen this in the past where it doe ....
Benjamin netanyahu and will also meet the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abas. from the moment mr blinken s plane touched the tarmac he made it clear that addressing the violence of the last week is top of his agenda. it s the responsibility of everyone to take steps to calm tensions rather than inflame them. to work toward a day when people no longer feel afraid in their communities, in their homes, and their places of worship. that is the only way to halt the rising tide of violence that has ta ken too many lives. too many israelis, too many palestinians. i ll make that clear throughout my time in israel, on the west bank, with everyone that i meet. the recent violence is not the only political issue facing secretary blinken on his arrival. there are also growing protests about the new government s plans to reform the judicial system. according to plans by the newjustice minister, yariv levin, the government intends to reduce the supreme court s power to revoke ....