Blinken in Israel to meet Netanyahu's new hard-line government amid spiraling violence with Palestinians
Posted on AllSides January 30th, 2023
From The Left
Israel and the occupied West Bank were rocked by violence over the weekend, including an attack in East Jerusalem that saw a Palestinian gunman open fire on a Jewish settlement in the disputed part of the holy city, killing seven people. The latest bloodshed came after weeks of mounting tension between Israel and the Palestinians — and just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jerusalem to meet members of Israel's new far-right government.
Given the stark differences between the administration of President Joe Biden in Washington and...