Anthony Blinken

Blinken: Palestinian state recognition 'a rebuke to Hamas,' but hostages, ending war take priority

Recognition of a Palestinian state is necessary, not only if Israel wishes to resume normalization with Saudi Arabia. But, Blinken pointed out, recognition must be based on predetermined conditions.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sits alongside him, last month.
 AN ISRAELI TANK maneuvers near the Israel-Gaza border, this week. If Israel stopped the war today, Hamas would likely recruit more terrorists and replenish its arms, says the writer.

Israel-Hamas war day 328: What's happening in Israel, Gaza?

 Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in an underground terror tunnel in Gaza (illustrative)

Pressure mounts on Hamas as US proposes final hostage deal of Cairo talks

 Tanks from the 401st Brigade enter eastern Rafah, May 8 2024

Israel-Hamas War Day 220: What is happening in Gaza?


Hamas plays by the ISIS rule book and we must respond as such - opinion

Commentators echoed President Biden, who said that not since the Holocaust have so many Jews died in such horrific ways.

 HAMAS LEADER Ismail Haniyeh (right) and Palestinian Islamic Jihad chief Ziyad al-Nakhalah attend a meeting of Palestinian factions, in Beirut, in 2020.

‘As long as US exists, we’ll be by Israel’s side,’ Blinken tells PM

The United States was among a number of countries that rushed to support Israel, with top leaders from Germany, France and the United Kingdom also taking action.

 US SECRETARY OF State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leave the podium after their joint press conference on Monday, in Jerusalem.

US warns Israel to avoid harming civilians in Gaza

The International Committee of the Red Cross said fuel powering emergency generators at hospitals in Gaza could run out within hours.

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, as U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) speaks about the conflict in Israel, after Hamas launched its biggest attack in decades, while making a statement about the crisis, at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 7, 2023

Deadly market attack in Ukraine overshadows visit by Blinken

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 16 people, including a child, and wounded many more.

 Flames rise and people run during an attack on the city of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine, September 6, 2023, according to presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, in this still image from video obtained from social media.

US bipartisan group calls on Blinken to end Palestinian 'pay-for-slay'

The scheme currently costs the Palestinian Authority $300 million annually (approximately NIS 1 billion) and amounts to 8% of the PA’s budget.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets with PA head Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, last week.

US lawmaker asks Blinken for details on probe of US' Iran envoy

Michael McCaul, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote to Blinken on Friday, asking why the State Department's special envoy for Iran, Rob Malley, was placed on unpaid leave.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the White House: We are seeing a return by the Biden administration to prior policies that range from troubling to dangerous, the writer argues.

Wagner revolt in Russia shows 'cracks' in Putin's power - Blinken

Blinken said tensions that sparked the action had been growing for months and added that the threat of internal turmoil could affect Moscow's military capabilities in Ukraine.

Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group stand on a tank outside a local circus near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023

Blinken to wrap up rare visit to China, may meet Xi Jinping

Chinese readout of Sunday's meetings described it as constructive but made clear that Taiwan is the most important issue, and a potentially dangerous one.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with China's Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, June 19, 2023.

Saudi Arabia's MBS, Antony Blinken hold 'candid' talks in Jeddah

They discussed a full range of bilateral issues from Riyadh's potential normalization of ties with Israel to Yemen, Sudan and human rights issues.

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Blinken threatened with contempt of US Congress over Afghanistan cable

In a letter to Blinken dated Friday and released on Monday, Representative Michael McCaul said information that has been provided about a "dissent channel" cable sent in July 2021

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken