U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Jerusalem at a time of cascading attacks, urging Israelis and Palestinians to restore calm.
, Blinken said that maintaining the “vision” of a two-state solution, in which a Palestinian state would be created alongside Israel, was “the only way forward.”
“In the context of this attack, and escalating violence, it’s important that the government and people of Israel know America’s commitment to their security remains ironclad,” Blinken continued. Underscoring the challenge of any lasting calm, though, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir demanded Sunday that in exchange for the seven killed on Friday, the government should authorize seven illegal settlements in the West Bank — part of the land that Palestinians see as being included in their future state.
Critics have warned that the measures would destroy the country’s system of checks and balances, and tens of thousands of Israelis haveBut Netanyahu sought to move past his own domestic controversies and the current violence, alluding only briefly to finding “a workable solution with our Palestinian neighbors,” and pivoted quickly to common ground with the United States over Iran.
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