US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and the West Bank next week as part of a broader tour of the region, the State Department announces.
The goals of the trip will be to coordinate with US allies on Russian’s invasion of Ukraine, “Iran’s destabilizing activities,” the Abraham Accords and Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
Israel and the Palestinian Authority will be the first stops of Blinken’s tour, which will also take him to Morocco and Algeria. He is slated to take off on March 26 and return on March 30, the State Department says.
While here, Blinken will meet with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, and President Isaac Herzog in Israel. He will also meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas along with representatives from Palestinian civil society in Ramallah.
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