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Blinken urges united future Palestinian government for Gaza and West Bank, widening gulf with Israel
Associated Press ^ | November 8, 2023 | Ellen Knickmeyer and Josef Federman

Posted on 11/08/2023 1:00:57 PM PST by Olog-hai

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Wednesday for a united and Palestinian-led government for Gaza and the West Bank after the war ends, as a step toward Palestinian statehood. That vision sharpens U.S. differences with ally Israel on what the future should look like for the Palestinian territories once Israel’s military campaign against Hamas winds down.

Blinken’s outline of what Americans think should come next for Gaza also serves as a check on the postwar scenarios floated by officials of Israel’s hard-right government and its supporters. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement Monday that Israel’s military would likely maintain security control of Gaza for an “indefinite period” appears to have heightened U.S. concerns.

Any postwar governing plan for Gaza “must include Palestinian-led governance and Gaza unified with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority,” Blinken told reporters in Japan. […]

Blinken reinforced the Biden administration’s rejections of any return of lasting direct Israeli control in Gaza, as well as of a proposal — promoted in a policy report by Israel’s intelligence ministry — to push Gaza’s Palestinian residents into neighboring Egypt.

“We’re very clear on no reoccupation, just as we’re very clear on no displacement of the Palestinian population,” Blinken said. “And, as we’ve said before, we need to see and get to, in effect, unity of governance when it comes to Gaza and the West Bank, and ultimately to a Palestinian state.” …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Gaza; Iran; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; antizionism; blinken; fatah; gaza; hamas; islamicjihad; palestinians; rop; westbank
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To: montag813

The UAE would not do that with Gaza.


61 posted on 11/09/2023 10:59:34 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: PIF

So Jordan has a lot of “Palestinians”.

But according to the “Palestinians”, Jordan is not “Palestine”; Israel is.


62 posted on 11/09/2023 11:01:36 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

But according to the “Palestinians”, Jordan is not “Palestine”; Israel is.

According to people who worship death - you are vouching for their propaganda? Sorry to hear it.


63 posted on 11/09/2023 11:51:59 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

No, but they will never let go of their false claims notwithstanding and use them as basis for their murder sprees.


64 posted on 11/09/2023 1:41:53 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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