Secretary of State Blinken heads to the Middle East on the heels of Israeli-Palestinian violence
2021-05-25 08:47:21 source：CNBC
May 24, 2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East on Monday in an effort to ensure that the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas holds.
“The most important thing is that the cease-fire does hold. It’s extremely important that it does. We don’t want to see a return to the bloodshed that was heartbreaking during the 11-day conflict,” a senior State Department official said of the trip.
Blinken will travel to Jerusalem, Ramallah, Cairo and Amman through Thursday and meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Jordan's King Abdullah and other top officials.
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