יום רביעי, כ״ג תמוז תשפ״וWednesday, July 8, 2026
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By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
The only truly dangerous part in Blinken’s scheme came when he said, “These arrangements would be enshrined in a UN Security Council Resolution.”
“Cutting off these banking ties would create significant economic turmoil in the West Bank, threatening the security of Israel and the broader region,” stated Antony Blinken and Janet Yellen.
“Israel has effectively lost sovereignty in the northern quadrant of its country, because people don’t feel safe to go to their homes,” per the U.S. secretary of state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Biden administration has repeatedly snubbed senior Israeli cabinet members—who are not tied to U.S.-designated terror groups—with whom it disagrees.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The top American diplomat will also visit Egypt, Jordan and Qatar this week.
Secretary of State Blinken "underscored the U.S. commitment to the realization of the creation of an independent Palestinian state with security guarantees for Israel."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Senior U.S. officials have said both that Israel needs a plan to protect civilians before going into Rafah and that such protection is impossible.
“The convoy last week really encapsulated the frustration by the White House and much of Congress, especially Democrats,” said the Atlantic Council’s Jonathan Panikoff.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
“The Biden administration must stop undermining Israel and facilitating efforts to delegitimize Israel. It is misguided and unconscionable.”
It's “shocking" that a U.S. administration would push for a Palestinian state under ordinary circumstances, let alone after Oct. 7, said former U.S. Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt.
By Ariel Kahana
The plan also envisions normalization between Israel and the Arab world, the release of captives and a new regime in Gaza.
By Joshua Marks
The Israeli prime minister reportedly dismissed the proposal, brought to him by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. secretary of state responded no to the "NYT" columnist's question in the context of civilian casualties in Gaza.
By David Isaac
The group, Mothers of Combat Soldiers, said every time Secretary of State Blinken visits he demands more from Israel. that endangers our soldiers.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“It would be good if there was a strong international voice pressing Hamas to do what's necessary to end this,” the U.S. secretary of state said. “That could be tomorrow.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. secretary of state added that "the events of Oct. 7 only further confirm" the U.S. commitment to a two-state solution.
By Joshua Marks
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the region on Thursday to discuss a further extension of the ceasefire.
Blinken's trip will include a visit to Ramallah in the Palestinian Authority.
By Ariel Kahana
The Saudis are not pressuring Israel to make hefty concessions to the Palestinian Authority.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
he top U.S. diplomat said that for Riyadh, too, progress on the "Palestinian" issue was necessary for the normalization process to move forward.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. secretary of state said Saudi Arabia will need to show Muslims it extracted major achievements for the "Palestinians" in any normalization deal.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Israeli minister spoke with the U.S. secretary of state amid Washington’s efforts to serve as a normalization broker between Riyadh and Jerusalem.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The secretary of state claims the monies will be used only for humanitarian purposes; Tehran says otherwise.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly made the request during his visit last week to Israel in a bid to de-escalate tensions amid rampant PA Arab terrorism.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Dec. 4 event will feature discussion on “the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, and the liberal Jewish community’s struggle to confront extremism.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The lawmakers cited “ethnic-based discrimination” and racial profiling in a missive to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Assuming the PA claims in the report are even true, one does wonder if Blinken caught the irony of the discussion.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Right-wing Israeli politician Arieh King accuses U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken of intending to “create a provocation” and of “creating a bad feeling” among Jerusalem residents.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Blinken's boilerplate condemnation did not mention the identity, affiliation or religion of the Islamic terrorists.
Bennett's planned trip to India will have to be cancelled or delayed.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. secretary of state said Israelis and PA Arabs deserve to “enjoy equal measures of security, freedom and prosperity.”
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said “as the Lebanese people suffer an economic crisis of historic proportions, Hezbollah continues to engage in illicit activity and amass wealth at the expense of the Lebanese people.
By Ariel Kahana
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Israelis who have lost loved ones to terror warn that a consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians would be a “complete Trojan horse.”
“One great fear of the current impasse is rather than revert to pressure, the Biden administration will define ‘other options’ as settling for even less than the JCPOA in a bid to try to cap the nuclear program, which has expanded far beyond the JCPOA’s limits,” said Behnam Ben Taleblu, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Politico was the first to report in February that Fritz Berggren, a U.S. foreign service officer, has been publishing on his website Bloodandfaith.com material that attacks Jews and the LGBTQ community, and calls for the creation of Christian nation-states.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
According to a readout of the meeting from State Department Spokesperson Ned Price, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated the United States’ commitment to Israel’s security and emphasized the strong bilateral relationship between the two countries.
Lip service aside, the administration’s moves make clear that for Biden and his advisers, Arab-Israel peace is an impediment to their ideologically motivated efforts to empower the PLO and Iran.
July 3, 2026 
