Mr Blinken has long planned the visit to see Israel’s new right-wing government. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due on Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which he will look to use US influence to notch down Israeli-Palestinian tensions after an eruption of violence.
Mr Blinken will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and call “broadly for steps to be taken to de-escalate tensions,” State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters as he condemned the “horrific” synagogue attack. Mr Ghaith Al-Omari, a former Palestinian official now at The Washington Institute, expected Mr Blinken to repeat traditional US positions rather than break new ground.
Israel’s longest-serving prime minister had a fraught relationship with the last Democratic president, Mr Barack Obama, as Mr Netanyahu openly sides with his Republican adversaries against US diplomacy with Iran. The Biden team is looking “to avoid confrontation with Netanyahu,” Mr Miller said, noting the strong support for the Israeli leader among Republicans who now control the House of Representatives.
The State Department said Blinken would also call for the preservation of the status quo at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which is holy both to Jews and Muslims.
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