Blinken presses for 2-state solution in West Bank

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Blinken presses for 2-state solution in West Bank

RAMALLAH: US secretary of state Antony Blinken shuttled from Israel to the Palestinians’ West Bank today, appealing for an end to resurgent violence and reaffirming Washington’s backing for a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict.

Blinken is urging calm on both sides after last week’s killing by a Palestinian gunman of seven people outside a Jerusalem synagogue and anger among Palestinians over actions by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank.

He took that message into a meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, warning all parties against any action that could threaten a two-state solution, with an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.

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