Netanyahu more worried about Israel's protests than Palestinians
The Israeli prime minister will receive US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as violence escalates, normalization stalls, and the economy tanks in anticipation of right-wing reforms.
Deja vu in Jenin ahead of Blinken visit
For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the escalation in Jenin this week could have been a “legitimate diversion” to the massive protests over right wing judicial reforms, writes Ben Caspit.
Palestinian health officials say ten Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman and a male civilian, died Thursday in what Israel said was a counter-terror operation in Jenin, which has become a hotbed for armed Palestinian resistance groups.
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf, briefing reporters ahead of US Secretary of State’s Antony Blinken’s trip to Israel and the West Bank Jan. 29-31, said that the US is “urging de-escalation”, that Palestinian civilian casualties were “regrettable,” and that the Palestinian Authority’s cutting security ties with Israel was a mistake.
