Source: The National
The official website of the Kataeb Party leader
Security & Justice
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Articles
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Reform or Rely on Handouts: Lebanon’s Stark Choice
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Sports
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Friday, June 28, 2024
Tuesday 11 June 2024 17:24:09
Blinken Meets Israeli Opposition Figures Gantz and Lapid
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met Israeli opposition politicians during his eighth trip to the Middle East since the start of the war in Gaza.
The office of former war cabinet minister Benny Gantz issued a statement on Tuesday that emphasised “the [US] together with the international community have an important role to play in removing the threat posed by Hezbollah on Israel’s northern border”.
It added that Gantz’s National Unity party “will support any responsible arrangement” to secure the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
Gantz urged Blinken to apply “maximum pressure” on negotiators to reach a hostage release deal, saying he would “support any responsible arrangement on the matter from outside the government”, The Times of Israel reported.
Blinken also met opposition leader Yair Lapid.