TEL AVIV: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Israel to push for a Gaza truce, mentioned on Monday (Aug 19) ongoing negotiations have been “perhaps the final” probability to succeed in an settlement to finish the warfare.
“It is a decisive second – most likely the very best, perhaps the final, alternative to get the hostages dwelling, to get a ceasefire and to place everybody on a greater path to enduring peace and safety,” Blinken mentioned as he met Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
The highest US diplomat mentioned President Joe Biden had despatched him “to get this settlement to the road and finally over the road”.
“It’s time for it to get finished. It is also time to guarantee that nobody takes any steps that would derail this course of,” Blinken mentioned.
“We’re working to guarantee that there isn’t a escalation, that there are not any provocations, that there are not any actions that in any means might transfer us away from getting this deal over the road, or, for that matter, escalating the battle to different locations, and to larger depth.”
