American forces in the region have faced a surge of attacks by Iranian-allied militias in Iraq and elsewhere.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his military transport aircraft to depart Baghdad International Airport after meeting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Nov. 5, 2023.
“This is a process,” Blinken told reporters on the matter Sunday. “Israel has raised important questions about how humanitarian pauses would work. We’ve got to answer those questions,” including how pauses would affect Hamas hostages. “We’re working on exactly that.’’ As word spread of Blinken’s arrival in Ramallah, Palestinians turned out to protest U.S. support for Israel’s war. Demonstrators held signs showing dripping blood and with messages that included, “Blinken blood is on your hands.”
Blinken said in Baghdad that the Palestinian Authority “is playing a very important role right now in the West Bank in trying to keep stability there. That’s hugely important because no one wants another front in the West Bank or anywhere else, and they’re really stepping up under very difficult conditions to do the necessary work.”
Palestinians carry posters with defaced pictures of Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a protest against his visit in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov. 5, 2023. | Nasser Nasser/AP Arab states are resisting American suggestions that they play a larger role in resolving crisis, expressing outrage at the civilian toll of the Israeli military operations but believing Gaza to be a problem largely of Israel’s own making.
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