Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians to de-escalate tensions after an increase of violence in the region. Elise Labott, a professor at the American University School ...

In a news conference after his meeting with Netanyahu, Blinken repeated calls for calm, and reaffirmed that the US believes that the dormant peace process aimed at a two-state solution is the “o ...

reaffirming US support for a "two-state solution" in the region and asking the two to "restore calm." Blinken spoke by telephone with both men to reaffirm US commitment to "a negotiated two-state ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank Tuesday with little to show for his renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an ...

We're urging all sides now to take urgent steps to restore calm, to de-escalate," Blinken said after meeting ... is or what they believe," he said. "Calls for vengeance against more innocent ...

But, he added: “Calls for vengeance against more ... responsibility of everyone to take steps to calm tensions rather than inflame them,” Blinken said. Though couched in diplomatic parlance ...