The US and Israeli rulers met at a time when tensions rose in the Middle East, with several attacks, and focused on the joint attack on Iran.
Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, met in Jerusalem and vowed to do everything in their power to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
“We agreed that Iran should never acquire nuclear weapons,” the US official said, after the Israeli head of state warned that the Iranian regime “cannot acquire” such weapons. “Most of the international community has seen the true face of Iran, the barbarity of this regime towards its own people, the way it attacks across borders and the Middle East”Netanyahu stressed.
Both stressed the need to work for a “common good” and the Prime Minister of Israel was interested in highlighting the importance of US support and “friendship” between the two countries. It will continue to work like this, guaranteed Blinken, who reinforced that the US “will never abandon the alliance” and that there will be ways to strengthen it.
And it was fulfilled: “We want to improve daily life for Palestinians, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and we want Palestinians and Israelis to have the same levels of freedom, security, opportunity and justice”. In the eyes of the US representative, “it is important that people know that the country is committed to guaranteeing security.”
On the other hand, and recalling that “Iran supports the terrorists,” Blinken accused Russia of “supporting the vicious circle by providing Iran with what the country needs.” “We have to provide everything Ukraine needs to defend its own people,” argued the US Secretary of State, explaining that the intention is to reach “a consensus to strengthen world peace.”
“We call on all parties to take urgent measures to restore calm in the face of the escalation of violence,” he guaranteed, presenting an “environment of trust” as his goal.
Macron urges Israelis and Palestinians not to “feed spiral of violence”
This Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron urged Israelis and Palestinians not to “feed the spiral of violence” after the attacks in East Jerusalem and the death of a Palestinian, killed by Israeli guards. In a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “the President of the Republic recalled the need for everyone to avoid measures that could fuel the cycle of violence,” Eliseu said in a statement. “He once again expressed his availability to contribute to the resumption of the dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis,” stressed the French presidency.
Violence has escalated in the Middle East in recent weeks, with seven people killed in a shooting at a synagogue in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood on the outskirts of Jerusalem. And with the record of at least ten Palestinians killed in Israeli operations in the West Bank and Gaza, the last of which Israel describes as a response to attacks by the Palestinian Hamas movement.
Source: Observadora
