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US Secretary of State visits Middle East to seek Arab support
Updated On: 05 November, 2023 05:14 AM IST | Jordan | Agencies
Antony Blinken met the Lebanese PM, Qatar’s foreign minister, and other officials in a bid to seek interventions
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Blinken shakes hands with Qatari PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. Pic/AFP
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stepped up his frantic diplomacy on Saturday, trying to build support for planning a post-conflict future for Gaza as he continued his second urgent mission to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas conflict began.
A day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointedly snubbed Blinken’s blunt warning that Israel risks losing any hope of an eventual peace deal with the Palestinians unless it eases the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, he met in Amman with senior Jordanian and other Arab officials, who remain angry and deeply suspicious of Israel as it intensifies its war against Hamas.
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