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Antony Blinken

Antony Blinken is a US diplomat and the current secretary of state.

Born to Jewish parents, this veteran of the US State Department has served numerous high-level functions throughout his career. In 2021, he was selected by US President Joe Biden to serve as secretary of state.

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 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press at the port of Ashdod, in Ashdod, Israel, May 1, 2024.

Blinken: Situation in Gaza is Hamas's making, it is responsible for preventing a deal

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, as U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) speaks about the conflict in Israel, after Hamas launched its biggest attack in decades, while making a statement about the crisis, at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 7, 2023

US warns against pending Rafah op., Netanyahu vows to push ahead

Erez crossing

Israel allows trucks from newly reopened Erez crossing into Gaza after US pressure

By REUTERS
 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is welcomed by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Mike Herzog, as he arrives at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2024.

Blinken: We won’t support a major military operation in Rafah

 US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken engages with family members and demonstrators at a Tel Aviv protest for the release of hostages, May 1, 2024

Blinken: 'We won’t rest until all hostages are back home from Gaza'

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, May 1, 2024

Herzog expresses concerns about ICC warrants in Blinken meeting

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken attend a video meeting with G7 leaders to discuss the Iranian attack on Israel, at the White House on Sunday.

Blinken: We’re focused on a ceasefire and hostage deal – time is now

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken leaves after a news conference at a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, in November.

Blinken says he will bring list of Gaza aid measures to Israel

By REUTERS
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in the Muqata'a, in Ramallah in the West Bank on January 10, 2024

Blinken will 'continue to press for immediate and sustained progress' on Gaza humanitarian aid

By REUTERS
 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a Joint Ministerial Meeting of the GCC-US Strategic Partnership to discuss the humanitarian crises faced in Gaza, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 29, 2024.

Blinken urges Hamas to accept 'extraordinarily generous' Israeli peace proposal, releasing hostages

 Israel Katz, Foreign Minister to the United Nations points at family members of hostages in the audience during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, at U.N. headquarters in New York, US March 11, 2024.

Israel warns Hamas: Accept hostage deal, or we’ll enter Rafah

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken leaves after a news conference at a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, in November.

Antony Blinken set to visit Israel again next week to discuss hostages, Rafah

 Lise Grande, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq at the time, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Erbil, Iraq October 13, 2016.

Former UN official Lise Grande to take role of Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press conference at the end of the G7 foreign ministers meeting on Capri island, Italy, April 19, 2024.

Blinken: No double standard on Israel and human rights

 A missile is launched during an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran

FM Israel Katz: 'Stop Iran before it's too late'

 Netzah Yehuda Battalion

The US is expected to announce sanctions against IDF unit for human rights abuses

By Barak Ravid
US SECRETARY OF State Antony Blinken arrives at his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, last week. At his Senate confirmation hearing last month, Blinken said ‘we are a long ways’ from returning to the Iran deal.

It's important to remember there's also American hostages in Gaza, Blinken says

By HANNAH SHARRON
 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken holds a news conference in Tel Aviv, last week.

Blinken: US not involved in Iranian strike, seeks de-escalation