{"id":1403018,"date":"2022-03-27T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403018"},"modified":"2022-03-27T12:00:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T16:00:31","slug":"antony-blinken-touts-unimaginable-summit-between-four-arab-fms-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antony-blinken-touts-unimaginable-summit-between-four-arab-fms-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Antony Blinken Touts &#039;Unimaginable&#039; Summit Between Four Arab FMs in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fantony-blinken-touts-unimaginable-summit-between-four-arab-fms-in-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Foreign ministers from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt will gather in Israel for the first time ever in a historic summit U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said would have been \u201cunimaginable\u201d a few years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Egypt was the first Arab country to make peace with Israel in 1979, though relations have been lukewarm at best.\u00a0Since normalizing ties with three of the four other countries in 2020 as part of the Trump-led Abraham Accords, Israel\u2019s relations with its southern neighbor have improved drastically.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">It will mark the first time Israel is hosting a summit for top Arab diplomats. Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will join the four Arab diplomats in Sde Boker in the Negev desert and talks will continue on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The summit \u201cwould have been unimaginable just a few years ago. What we\u2019re seeing is normalization becoming the new normal for this region and I think it\u2019s going to attract more and more countries as they see the benefits of these partnerships among so many of the leading countries of the region,\u201d Blinken said at a press briefing with Israeli\u00a0President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">At an earlier briefing with Lapid and Blinken,\u00a0the two vowed to work together with Israel to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, with the American diplomat saying his country and Israel saw \u201ceye to eye\u201d on the matter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20395883\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239540171.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and Israel\u2019s President Isaac Herzog pose for a photo at the Presidency in Jerusalem, on March 27, 2022. (JACQUELYN MARTIN\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">\u201cWhether there\u2019s a JCPOA or not, Our commitment to the core principle of Iran never acquiring a nuclear weapon is unwavering,\u201d Blinken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/LIVE-lapid-and-blinken-meet-ahead-of-israel-s-mideast-summit-1.10700744\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"FI_PH\">\n<p>Lapid was more ambiguous in his remarks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"lj ti tj tk tl tm\">\u201cWe have disagreements about a nuclear agreement and its consequences, but open and honest dialogue is part of the strength of our friendship,\u201d Lapid said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"lj ti tj tk tl tm\">\u00a0\u201cIsrael will do anything we believe is needed to stop the Iranian nuclear problem program. Anything from our point of view, the Iranian threat is not theoretical, the Iranians wants to destroy Israel. They will not succeed. We will not let them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken denounced Tehran\u2019s \u201cdestabilizing activities in the region and beyond,\u201d which he noted had increased since the U.S. pulled out of the nuclear deal in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05da \u05d4\u05d1\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc, \u05de\u05d6\u05db\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d9\u05e7\u05d0\u05d9, \u05d0\u05e0\u05ea\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05e0\u05e7\u05df <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecBlinken<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf1<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Israel, Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecBlinken<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddf1<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05de\u05e1\u05dc\u05dd, \u05dc\u05e2\u05f4\u05de <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V0TDToxdik\">pic.twitter.com\/V0TDToxdik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u05d9\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9\u05d3 \u2013 Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yairlapid\/status\/1507972233330839555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Blinken hailed the upcoming summit with his Arab counterparts, saying \u201cnormalization is becoming the new normal,\u201d before adding\u00a0the U.S. remains committed to a \u201cnegotiated two-state solution\u201d for solving the conflict with the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken is due to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah later on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In his opening remarks at the weekly cabinet meeting, Israeli\u00a0Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also hailed the six-way summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo anyone who has not noticed \u2013 Israel\u2019s foreign policy is in a good period,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/bennett-old-peace-of-egypt-is-meeting-the-new-peace-of-the-abraham-accords\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cIsrael is an important actor on the world and regional stage. We are cultivating old ties and building new bridges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cthe old peace\u201d with Egypt was now conjoining with \u201cthe new peace\u201d of the Abraham Accords.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign ministers from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt will gather in Israel for the first time ever in a historic summit U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1403018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}