Blinken and Egyptian FM Sameh Shoukry during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 30, 2023
Personally, I don’t trust any of these Jews.
But frankly: this is leftist Jews giving a reach-around to extreme Zionist Jews.
Ben Shapiro can now go out there and say “look at the way they’re refusing to stand with our great ally!” That then ramps up conservative support for Israel (something which is waning as of late).
AP:
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to exercise restraint and ease tensions amid a spike in violence that has put the region on edge.
Speaking in Cairo, just hours ahead of a two-day visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank, Blinken said it is imperative for both sides to work to de-escalate tensions that have soared since last week in what he called “a new and horrifying surge in violence” and prompted severe responses from each.
“We will be encouraging the parties to take steps to calm things down,” Blinken told reporters at a joint news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. “There is no question that this is a very difficult moment.”
He repeated U.S. condemnations of militant attacks against Israelis and noted that “we deplore overall the loss of innocent civilian life.”
The latest spate of violence erupted last week with an Israeli military raid on a militant stronghold in the West Bank city of Jenin last week that killed 10 people, most of them militants, and a Palestinian shooting attack in an east Jerusalem Jewish settlement that killed seven Israelis.
And, on Monday, shortly before Blinken’s arrival, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in the flashpoint city of Hebron, bringing the toll of Palestinians killed in January to 35.
The violence comes after months of Israeli arrest raids in the West Bank, which were launched after a wave of Palestinians attacks against Israelis in the spring of 2022 that killed 19 people.
The violence is being encouraged by the Bibi government. I assume the terrorist attacks are directly provoked by intelligence, but the bombings themselves provoke violence used to justify bombings.
Bibi is no doubt happy to see all of the American leftists promoting the war in the Ukraine instead of complaining about his genocide in Palestine.
Israel govt sends Bulldozer along with forces to demolish 14 houses in Palestine of terrorists involved in recent attacks. pic.twitter.com/HbPj5tk4Ko
— Megh Updates 🚨™ (@MeghUpdates) January 30, 2023
Video footage shows Israeli occupation forces brutally assaulting young Palestinian men while trying to confront settlers’ attack in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Al-Armen. pic.twitter.com/ZdlBVn8Uj5
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) January 30, 2023
Watch: Israeli occupation forces and colonial settlers brutally attack a group of Palestinians in the Armenian quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
This is occupied Palestine. pic.twitter.com/jLDAlCTqRa
— Chris Hutchinson (@ChrisHu34451470) January 30, 2023
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