Within a few hours today, the US Secretary of State visited Israel and Egypt, and his visits take on added significance in light of the deadly violent incidents that have taken place over the past 24 hours between Israelis and Palestinians. but also the unresolved issues that, apart from the Palestinian question, remain in the wider region of North Africa and the Middle East. The reason for unresolved issues, such as, for example, the Libyan crisis, remains.

Against the background of the transition to Israel (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem) and Egypt (Cairo), the head of the State Department sent a number of messages:

• Call on Israelis and Palestinians to decrease the intensity and drop the tone.
• He repeated that two-state solution it is “the only way” that can lead to the development of relations between Israelis and Palestinians.
• He emphasized that US commitment to Israel’s security remains”unshakable“.
• He noted that the United States wants maintaining the current status of the Holy Land.
• He asked that he could build consensus within Israel regarding the reforms promoted by the Netanyahu government.
• He repeated that Iran should not go as far as acquiring nuclear weapons.
• He called on the Egyptian leadership do more for human rights.
• claimed that holding elections this year in Libya is the only realistic way to achieve lasting solutions in this African country..

OUR Anthony Blinken met with the Prime Minister of Israel today Benjamin Netanyahu and then he had an appointment with the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

Earlier, he met in Cairo with the head of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. Sameh Shukri and the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

According to Reuters