{"id":2262349,"date":"2024-06-07T14:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-to-travel-to-middle-east-next-week-to-push-ceasefire-proposal\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T14:29:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:29:58","slug":"blinken-to-travel-to-middle-east-next-week-to-push-ceasefire-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-to-travel-to-middle-east-next-week-to-push-ceasefire-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken set to visit Middle East next week to promote ceasefire plan"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fblinken-to-travel-to-middle-east-next-week-to-push-ceasefire-proposal%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=2262349&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>\n<p>The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will be traveling to multiple \u200dMiddle Eastern countries next week to encourage the acceptance of a ceasefire proposal between Israel\u200c and Hamas.\u2063 This proposal, similar to one \u2062previously endorsed\u2064 by\u2062 Hamas, includes a six-week ceasefire, the release of Palestinian prisoners held \u2063in Israel, and the\u200b withdrawal of troops.\u2062 The international\u2064 community \u2062has been pushing for a ceasefire for months, but \u200bboth sides have so\u2064 far been unwilling to compromise on their conditions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antony-blinken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Antony Blinken<\/a> will travel to several Middle Eastern countries early next week to push the ceasefire proposal that would pause and possibly end the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> war.<\/p>\n<p>He will travel to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Qatar from next Monday through Wednesday and will meet with regional leaders about the efforts to get Israel and Hamas to agree to the proposal, the State Department announced on Friday. Egypt and Qatar have acted as mediators, along with the United States, between Israel and Hamas over the course of the war.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and several international leaders have urged Hamas to accept the Israeli proposal on the table, which \u201cis nearly identical to the one Hamas endorsed last month,\u201d State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement announcing the secretary\u2019s trip to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>If the reported proposal is agreed upon, the first of three phases would be a six-week ceasefire, which would include the return of women, children, and other vulnerable hostages Hamas is holding; the release of likely hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel; the withdrawal of Israeli troops from populated areas of Gaza; and the surging of humanitarian aid into the strip. The second phase, which would be finalized during the first phase, would include the release of all living hostages in exchange for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the strip.<\/p>\n<p>The international community has pushed for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-and-ukraine-reportedly-make-some-progress-in-ceasefire-talks\/\" title=\"Russia and Ukraine Reportedly Make Some Progress in Ceasefire Talks\">ceasefire deal<\/a> for several months, but both sides have not capitulated on some of their most strongly held conditions for an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Israel wants to maintain the freedom to conduct kinetic military action against Hamas, in effect keeping its ability to eliminate the terrorist group if a deal is agreed upon before then, while Hamas\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-claims-biden-admin-prepared-to-cancel-major-u-s-sanctions\/\" title=\"Iran Claims Biden Admin Prepared to Cancel Major U.S. Sanctions\">key sticking point<\/a> has been that it wants an agreement that would completely end the war and allow the group to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken will also attend a conference on the humanitarian response to Gaza, which will be co-hosted by Jordan, Egypt, and the United Nations. <\/p>\n<p>There have also been recent concerns that the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uss-thomas-hudner-shot-down-drone-from-yemen-heading-for-it\/\" title=\"USS Thomas Hudner shot down drone from Yemen heading for it\">sophisticated terrorist group<\/a> than Hamas that is based in Lebanon, could devolve despite international efforts since Oct. 7 to prevent Israel\u2019s war against Hamas from expanding into a regional conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever thinks he can hurt us and we will respond by sitting on our hands is making a big mistake,\u201d Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier this week. \u201cWe are prepared for very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-j-abrams-produced-batman-caped-crusader-animated-series-no-longer-going-forward-at-hbo-max\/\" title=\"J.J. Abrams-Produced \"Batman Caped Crusader\" Animated Series No Longer Going Forward At HBO Max\">intense action<\/a> in the north. One way or another, we will restore security to the north.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Herzi Halevi said this week that Israel is \u201capproaching the point where a decision will have to be made, and the IDF is prepared and very ready for this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The State Department has argued an Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal would likely lead to a decrease in tension between Hezbollah and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The deal \u201cwould unlock the possibility of achieving calm along Israel\u2019s northern border\u00a0\u2014 so both\u00a0displaced Israeli and Lebanese families can return to their homes\u00a0\u2014 and set the conditions for further integration between Israel and its Arab neighbors, strengthening Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-u-s-to-end-combat-mission-in-iraq-by-end-of-2021\/\" title=\"Biden: U.S. to end combat mission in Iraq by end of 2021\">long-term security<\/a>\u00a0and improving stability across the region,\u201d Miller said in his statement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Qatar next Monday through Wednesday. During his Middle Eastern tour, he will meet with regional leaders to advocate for a ceasefire proposal aimed at halting and potentially concluding the Israel-Hamas conflict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2262350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24120405173979-1024x592.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24120405173979-1024x592.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262349","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\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}