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Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State, holds the closing press conference at the NATO headquarters on the second day of the NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers' meeting on December 4, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium.Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed on Wednesday that the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon “is holding” — disregarding numerous findings that Israel has violated the ceasefire dozens of times just in the week it’s been in place so far.
When asked directly about violations, Blinken said, “I’m not going to respond to, or get into any private diplomatic conversations we’ve had” about Israel’s reported attacks — a refusal to acknowledge the numerous violations reported by French authorities. Meanwhile, Israeli leaders have outright threatened to continue Israel’s invasion and attacks on Lebanon if the ceasefire collapses — while also massively weakening the ceasefire with the Israeli military’s attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has“We are currently in a ceasefire, I note, a ceasefire, not the end of the war,” Netanyahu said.If you feel rage, despondency, confusion and deep fear today, you are not alone. We’re feeling it too. We are heartsick.
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