In private meeting with Jewish leaders, Blinken addresses US rifts with Israel
The secretary of state said some disagreements over Gaza required public comment
The secretary of state said some disagreements over Gaza required public comment
Netanyahu sent his top adviser to Washington to discuss possible scenarios for the day after the war
The committee chairwoman asked the Capitol police to remove protesters from the room at least six times
Blinken will head to Israel from Egypt, with whom the U.S. has been working in hopes of alleviating the worsening Gaza humanitarian crisis, securing a deal on temporarily opening the Rafah crossing and establishing a humanitarian corridor
“We’ve moved to attack,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said. “I say now to everyone: We will wipe out this thing called Hamas. We will wipe it off the earth. This thing won’t continue to exist"
Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan accused US government of applying ‘different standards’ when it comes to Israel
The secretary of state's remarks follow recent reports that a deal is unlikely to be made
Read this article in Yiddish. Sure, you might have known that Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s selection for U.S. Secretary of State, has a band — but did you know that his great-grandfather, Meir Blinken, was a Yiddish writer? The Ukraine-born elder Blinken, whose Yiddish nom de plume was B. Mayer and who was buried…