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U.S. efforts to tamp down recent Israeli-Palestinian tensions ‘largely, for now’ successful, Blinken says
The secretary of state also again addressed concerns about Iran negotiations in his third consecutive day of congressional testimony
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing about the State Department's FY2023 budget request in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
Despite high tensions and ongoing clashes between Israel and the Palestinians, Secretary of State Tony Blinken argued on Thursday that recent U.S. efforts to head off conflict have been largely successful.
The region is in the midst of a...