US Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to the Israeli-occupied West Bank today to meet with the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. It is part of his multi-day tour through the Middle East. As The World’s Matthew Bell reports, he’s trying to end the Israel-Hamas war, and to talk about a post-war Gaza.
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