Blinken seeks Israel-Hamas war unity as G7 meets in Japan
As G7 meets talks in Tokyo, U.S. Secretary of State urges co-operation to prevent existing differences on Gaza from deepening
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As G7 meets talks in Tokyo, U.S. Secretary of State urges co-operation to prevent existing differences on Gaza from deepening
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s diplomatic trip was a humiliating failure. The administration’s regional approach has gone down in flames.
Isn’t it time Washington embraces a new, more inclusive model?
Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank and then to Iraq. In Ramallah, he tried to assure Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that U.S. was intensifying efforts to ease the plight of Gaza’s civilians. And Blinken made clear that Palestinians must have a main say in whatever comes next for the territory after the conflict. Later Sunday in Baghdad, Blinken held talks with Iraqi Prime Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. American forces in the region are facing a surge of attacks by Iranian-allied militias in Iraq and elsewhere.
Israeli forces have reached the coast of Gaza, splitting the besieged area in half and essentially cutting off the north from the south.