Blinken Begins High-Stakes Middle East Trip Aimed at Gaza Cease-Fire
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Blinken Begins High-Stakes Middle East Trip Aimed at Gaza Cease-Fire

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked on three days of uphill Middle East diplomacy Monday‚ hoping to pause the bitter conflict in the Gaza Strip that is taking a heavy toll on civilians and inflaming anti-Israel sentiment in the U.S.‚ complicating President Biden’s path to re-election. The White House’s immediate goal is to secure a cease-fire that would delay an Israeli invasion of Rafah‚ the city in southern Gaza where more than one million...