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Tuesday, January 14, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Blinken: Majority of Muslim world doubts Oct. 7 attack; Israeli media doesn’t report on Gaza suffering
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the Atlantic Council in Washington, on January 14, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
In a speech reviewing the Biden administration’s Mideast policy, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reflects on the dangerous ripple effects of the war in Gaza.
“The more people suffer, the less they feel empathy for the suffering of those on the other side,” Blinken says.
“Throughout the Arab and Muslim worlds, large majorities believe that October 7 didn’t happen — or if it did, that it was a legitimate attack on Israel’s military.
“In Israel, there is almost no reporting on the conditions in Gaza and what people there endure every day.”
“This dehumanization is one of the greatest tragedies of the conflict,” he adds.
