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‘Shuttle diplomacy’: Blinken embarks on Middle East tour in hopes of preventing regional escalation

  • January 8, 2024



‘Shuttle diplomacy’: Blinken embarks on Middle East tour in hopes of preventing regional escalation

From Aman to Doha to Abu Dhabi all in the space of a day US Secretary of State Anthony blinken’s shuttle diplomacy is well underway in the Middle East he met with several Arab leaders on Sunday as the war in Gaza rages on while in Qatar blinkin pledged to tell Israeli

Officials that they must do more to prevent civilian casualties in the strip we continue to raise with Israel the need to do everything possible to facilitate the provision of humanitarian Aid to Gaza and I will do so again when I’m there later this week far too many Palestinians innocent

Palestinians have already been killed as the war enters its fourth month blink’s focus is also on making plans for a postwar future for Gaza decimated by Israeli air strikes his trip also comes amid fears that the conflict is spreading to The Wider region with houy Rebel attacks on commercial ships in the

Red Sea already a sign that the war is stretching Beyond Gaza our biggest worry is to to have a consequences all the time that will will keep will keep us in a loop that will never end it and will create a real tension in the entire

Region so we uh hope that we see a stop to uh what’s happening to uh the civilian ships as soon as possible through a diplomatic mean that would be the best way possible blink’s Mission will also be taking him to Saudi Arabia Israel the West Bank and Egypt before he returns to Washington

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to the Middle East on Sunday for the fourth time since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. While in Qatar on Sunday, he pledged to tell Israeli officials that they must do more to prevent civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip. This tour, which will also be focusing on planning for a post-war future for Gaza, comes amid fears that the conflict is spreading to the wider region, as Houthi rebels have already launched attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. 

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9 comments

  1. He and Biden could prevent regional escalation by stopping sending weapons to Israel and financing the genocide, or by not blocking every resolution against a ceasefire, or by not covering up Israel war crimes. Plenty of options and they choose none!

  4. Telling ISrael to protect civilians is like telling a bank robber to protect the bank. It just doesn't make sense to tell criminals to go against their nature.

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