Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Yonit Levy of Channel 12 Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jerusalem David Citadel Hotel QUESTION: Secretary of State Antony Blinken, welcome. Thank you very much for talking to us today. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hi. Good to be with you. QUESTION: This isn’t – you’re of course not a stranger to the region. This is far from being your first time here, but it’s the first time as Secretary of State. And I wanted to begin by asking you about t Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Iran , Israel , United Kingdom , United States Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Jerusalem David Citadel Hotel SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. Ah, must be a slow night. (Laughter.) Good to see you all. We had, as those of you who’ve been along with us all day know, a fairly busy and certainly very productive day in Jerusalem and Ramallah since arriving this morning. I traveled here at the request of President Biden, who asked me to come to pursue four basic objectives. First, to demons Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Egypt , Iran , Israel , Jordan , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Regions Afghanistan Africa (sub-Sahara) Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas, The Bahrain Baker Island Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Indian Ocean British Virgin Is. Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Rep. Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Repub. of the Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Asia and the Pacific Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Europe & Eurasia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia, The Gaza Strip Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Fed. St. Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Near East (North Africa & the Middle East) Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome & Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South & Central Asia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka St Pierre & Miquelon Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Is Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay USA & US Territories Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands Wallis and Futuna West Bank Western Hemisphere Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Topics Anti-Corruption and Transparency Arms Control and Nonproliferation Climate and Environment Combating Drugs and Crime Coronavirus (COVID-19) Countering Terrorism Cyber Issues Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy Energy Global Health Global Women's Issues Human Rights and Democracy Human Trafficking Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance Science, Technology, and Innovation SG Security The Ocean and Polar Affairs Treaties and International Agreements
Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Jerusalem
David Citadel Hotel
QUESTION: Secretary of State Antony Blinken, welcome. Thank you very much for talking to us today.
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hi. Good to be with you.
QUESTION: This isn’t – you’re of course not a stranger to the region. This is far from being your first time here, but it’s the first time as Secretary of State. And I wanted to begin by asking you about t
Roles: Everyone: All Users
Regions: Iran , Israel , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. Ah, must be a slow night. (Laughter.) Good to see you all.
We had, as those of you who’ve been along with us all day know, a fairly busy and certainly very productive day in Jerusalem and Ramallah since arriving this morning. I traveled here at the request of President Biden, who asked me to come to pursue four basic objectives. First, to demons
Regions: Egypt , Iran , Israel , Jordan , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance