Foreign Secretary United States of America, Anthony Blinken, starts today from Egypt lightning tour in the Middle East at the height of its rise Israeli-Palestinian violence in the faint hope of using US influence to ease tensions.

His journey that will take him to Jerusalem and RamallahMonday and Tuesday, after his visit to Cairo, had been planned for some time, but comes as the security situation suddenly deteriorated in just a few days.

Seven people were killed in a Palestinian attack near a synagogue in East Jerusalem on Friday, and the Israeli military attacked the Gaza Strip on the same day in response to rocket fire from Palestinian territory.

Resurgence of violence

These events followed the Israeli raid on Thursday in Jeninin the occupied West Bank, the deadliest in recent years, killing 9 Palestinians.

In addition, a father and son were injured yesterday, Saturday, as a result of shelling of a 13-year-old boy in a new Palestinian attack that took place in East Jerusalem.

Against this resurgence of violence, Mr. Blinken is expected to stress towards the Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas about the need to “take urgent action to de-escalate,” a US State Department spokesman said on Friday. vedant Patelafter conviction Washington about the “terrible” attack in East Jerusalem.

OUR Israeli-Palestinian the conflict can dominate in the meeting with the President of Egypt Abdel Fatah Everybody sissysince Cairo has historically played a mediating role with the Palestinians.

However, the US Secretary of State’s room for maneuver appears to be limited, aside from repeated calls for calm as Israeli-Palestinian the conflict seems to have reached an impasse.

Experts interviewed AFP they do not expect significant development in terms of its capabilities Washington influence the course of events, although the US is expected to reiterate its support for a two-state solution, one Israeli and one Palestinian.

“I think the best thing they could provide is to stabilize the situation to avoid a repeat of May 2021,” he said. Aaron David Miller, US former negotiator and Foundation expert carnegie for international peace in Washingtonreferring to the war in Gaza.

OUR Gate Al Lobsteran expert from the Washington Institute, concluded that “this visit does not indicate any change in the American position regarding Israeli-Palestinian conflict”, but, as he predicted, “a conversation (with Mahmoud Abbas) won’t like it.”

His visit Blinken in Israel she reflects her will Washington quickly re-establish contact with the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahuwho returned to power and today leads the most right-wing government in Israeli history.

Her relationship with the US Democratic presidential administration Joe Biden were clearly tense, especially over Iran’s nuclear program, but the fact that any revival of the 2015 deal is now in limbo is expected to help facilitate dialogue.

“Flood” of visits to Israel

This visit follows the visit of the White House national security adviser. Jake Sullivanwho assured the Israeli prime minister of US support.

“I have never seen so many high-level visits under any government,” he said. Aaron David Miller.

“This is unprecedented,” he added, referring to his possible preparations for the visit. Netanyahu at the White House in February.

Another expert mentioned a kind of “flooding” of visits to the area, David Makovsky Washington Institute, according to which the director of the CIA William Berne recently moved to the area.

During the visit Blinken will insist on the importance of “maintaining the historic status quo” in East Jerusalem’s Temple Square.

Early January visit to this holy site by far-right Israeli politician and new national security minister Itamar Ben Gvirprovoked a wave of international criticism.

His agreements Abrahamthe process of normalizing relations between Israel and the Arab countries is also expected to be on the agenda of the negotiations, with Netanyahu cultivate the hope that they will be joined Saudi Arabia Arabia.

In Cairo, Blinken today he is expected to discuss with the Egyptian authorities other than Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a number of regional issues, including Libya and Sudan.

OUR Washington maintains warm relations with Egypt, one of the main recipients of US military aid help – but often lost when it comes to human rights.

The US Secretary of State is also expected to meet with civil society and human rights activists in Cairo, a senior US State Department official said. Barbara Life

^{Source: APE-MEB, AFP.}