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    High-level US diplomatic mission to Middle East overshadowed by violence

    by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Jan 28, 2023 5 minutes
    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the Jack Morton Auditorium of George Washington University on May 26, 2022, in Washington, D.C..

    WASHINGTON — America's top diplomat heads out on a trip to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank on Saturday as a spiral of deadly violence grips the Middle East, with any plans to focus on democracy now overshadowed as the region braces for the no-holds-barred retaliation to Palestinian attacks that the new extremist Israel government has vowed.

    Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will become the highest-level U.S. official to meet with Israel's new government, led by perennial Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and populated with far-right nationalists and Haredim.

    After a month in office, the Netanyahu administration has announced numerous policies that many Israelis say will erode Israel's democracy and civil rights, and that have alarmed U.S. officials.

    The Blinken delegation had hoped to use two days of

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