Blinken tries to shore up Israel-Hamas cease-fire on Mideast trip
by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times
May 25, 2021
3 minutes
JERUSALEM — After receiving praise for helping to broker cease-fire in the devastating 11-day war between Israel and Hamas, the Biden administration is now looking to build toward the next phase: a deeper and more complex resolution to decades of conflict.
First, however, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, who arrived in Israel on Tuesday at the start of a three-nation, 48-hour mission, has a more modest goal: making sure the cease-fire holds and humanitarian aid can be delivered to the
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