{"id":2358234,"date":"2024-10-23T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-seeking-ceasefire-and-freed-hostages-during-israel-trip-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T05:03:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T09:03:01","slug":"blinken-seeking-ceasefire-and-freed-hostages-during-israel-trip-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-seeking-ceasefire-and-freed-hostages-during-israel-trip-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken seeking ceasefire and freed hostages during Israel trip &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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-seeking-ceasefire-and-freed-hostages-during-israel-trip-washington-examiner%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=2358234&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>Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently visited Israel for\u200c the 11th\u200b time since the\u2063 escalation of\u200b hostilities following the October <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-conducts-limited-raid-into-gaza-ahead-of-ground-incursion\/\" title=\"Israel launches small-scale raid into Gaza before planned ground invasion.\">7 terrorist attacks<\/a>\u200d by Hamas. During this visit, he met with\u2064 Israeli Prime Minister \u200dBenjamin Netanyahu to discuss \u200befforts to secure the release\u200d of hostages and \u2064work towards\u2064 ending the ongoing conflict in Gaza. However, previous attempts have failed to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">yield significant progress<\/a>, leading to skepticism about\u2063 the potential success of this trip.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional representatives\u2063 have expressed doubts about Blinken&#8217;s\u200c effectiveness, suggesting that \u200bIsrael does \u200cnot \u2063take him seriously\u200b and voicing \u2064concerns for the remaining \u2062hostages. The Biden administration, \u200cfollowing the recent assassination\u200d of \u200ca Hamas leader, hopes this could create\u200c an opportunity for negotiations aimed at a ceasefire and the \u200crestoration \u2063of peace in the region. Nonetheless,\u2064 with the ongoing violence and minimal expectations for diplomatic\u200d breakthroughs, \u2062there are \u200dquestions about the feasibility of achieving lasting solutions to the crisis.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Blinken in Israel for 11th time since Oct. 7 attack, with little to show for it<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1838674\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antony-blinken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secretary of State Antony Blinken<\/a> met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> in Jerusalem on Tuesday to discuss &ldquo;securing the release of all hostages and ending the conflict in Gaza.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>It is Blinken&rsquo;s 11th trip to the region since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that sparked the conflict between Israel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On my way to Israel and other stops in the Middle East for intensive discussions about the importance of ending the war in Gaza, returning the hostages to their families, and alleviating the suffering of the Palestinian people,&rdquo; Blinken announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Similar efforts to generate agreements have fallen flat on each previous visit, leading many to wonder how this attempt will prove any different.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards a plane en route to the Middle East as he departs Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Oct. 21, 2024. (Nathan Howard\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I think Americans expect this State Department to do exactly what they&rsquo;re doing now, and that&rsquo;s not a compliment,&rdquo; said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), the vice chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t believe Israel takes Secretary Blinken seriously, and I&rsquo;m afraid it&rsquo;s too late for a lot of the hostages taken by Hamas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Joe Biden&rsquo;s administration<\/a> has said that the assassination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar last week, the most recent death in a near-total decapitation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-warns-that-iranian-terrorists-are-planning-to-target-the-olympics-according-to-the-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Israel warns that Iranian terrorists are planning to target the Olympics, according to the Washington Examiner\">terrorist group&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s leadership, might provide an opportunity to negotiate an end to the war.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now is the time to move on,&rdquo; Biden told reporters in Berlin following the elimination of Sinwar. &ldquo;Move on, move toward to a ceasefire in Gaza. Make sure that we move in a direction that we&rsquo;re going to be in a position to make things better for the whole world. It&rsquo;s time for this war to end and bring these hostages home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This moment gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza, and it must end such that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom, and self-determination,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> said during a campaign visit to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee not long after Sinwar&rsquo;s death. &ldquo;It is time for the day after to begin without Hamas in power.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But over a year into the bloodshed, with dozens of hostages missing and engagements with Hamas terrorists being recorded nearly every day, expectations for Blinken to bring home any meaningful diplomatic victory are low.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) is welcomed by Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew (left) and Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for North America Lior Hayat in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 22, 2024. (Nathan Howard\/Pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Blinken has to do what so many in the administration constantly have to do for Harris and Biden, which is to go out there and try to clean up the mess of what has been said and done,&rdquo; said Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), another member of the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia.<\/p>\n<p>He explained: &ldquo;Most recently, Kamala Harris went out there and said Israel must answer for the rate of war casualties &mdash; which is her simply parroting Hamas talking points.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Blinken will also be speaking with Israeli officials about the violence erupting from both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>The Israel Defense Forces<\/a> invaded southern Lebanon this month in order to neutralize military infrastructure used to fire on northern Israeli towns.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the IDF fired dozens of precision strikes on Hezbollah facilities throughout Beirut and its surrounding suburbs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is pushing the Israeli government to consider a recommitment to the tenants of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701<\/a> &mdash; a decades-old resolution that aimed to quell hostilities through a U.N.-maintained buffer zone but was never functionally implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Other potential stops on Blinken&rsquo;s tour of the Middle East include the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Qatar, but no firm itinerary has been released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1838674\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1838674\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blinken visits Israel for the 11th time since Oct. 7 attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2358235,"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\/10\/AP24295672263642.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4636,13427,3817,21509,4671],"class_list":["post-2358234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-blinken","tag-ceasefire","tag-diplomacy","tag-hostages","tag-israel"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP24295672263642.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358234","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\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}