Calls for “pauses” in conflict may further the administration’s key goals.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 3, 2023.Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday he used his most recent face-to-face meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make the U.S.
The secretary did not say whether Netanyahu had offered any assurances behind closed doors, but he said that discussions with Israeli leadership and other partners in the Middle East would press on. "We will be talking about concrete steps that can and should be taken to minimize harm to men, women and children in in Gaza, and this is something that the United States is committed to," he said. "When I see a Palestinian child, a boy or a girl, pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building, that hits me in the gut as much as seeing a child in Israel or anywhere else. So this is something we have an obligation to respond to, and we will.
"I think we need a pause," Biden said after he was interrupted by a protester calling for a cease-fire at a fundraising event on Wednesday night, saying it would "give time to get the prisoners out." There's already some evidence to suggest that the Biden administration's increased focus on the plight of the Palestinians is benefiting Americans directly impacted by the conflict.
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