Blinken to Israel to discuss Gaza ceasefire proposal

The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is meeting today, Tuesday 11/6, with the leaders of the Israeli opposition, as part of his new tour in the Middle East in order to promote the cease-fire plan in the Gaza Strip, which was in favor of the Security Council UN. After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallad, the head of US diplomacy will hold meetings in the morning in Tel Aviv with Benny Gantz, who resigned days ago from the wartime government, then with opposition leader Yair Lapid , before moving to Jordan. Mr Blinken’s eighth tour of the region since the outbreak of war in the Palestinian enclave comes as the UN Security Council on Monday adopted a US draft resolution in favor of a proposal for a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The text, which “welcomes” the proposal, as presented on May 31 by the American […]
Source: News Beast

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