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Blinken tells Jordan king US committed to working toward establishing Palestinian state
Meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah and Crown Prince Hussein in Amman, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the pair the US is committed to working with regional partners to establish a Palestinian state, the State Department says in its readout on the meeting.
The Biden administration has been increasingly stressing this message during meetings with regional leaders since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, after two years of using more general messaging regarding the right of Israelis and Palestinians to “equal measures of freedom.”
Blinken in today’s meeting in Amman with Abdullah and Hussein also “underscored our shared commitment to the protection of civilians and to facilitating the increased, sustained delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance, the resumption of essential services, and ensuring that Palestinians are not forcibly displaced outside of Gaza,” the State Department says.
JMO, but Blinken appears to be walking on a tight rope right now....be careful..!!!