Following a ceasefire between Israeli and Palestinian militants, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the site to meet with top Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
"We need to address existing issues to prevent a return to violence," Blinken said, announcing reconstruction assistance measures for the Gaza Strip.
The Islamic fundamentalist organization Hamas, which effectively controls the Gaza Strip in Palestine, continued to exchange violent attacks this month, but the war stopped on the 21st.
In response, US Secretary of State Benjamin Netanyahu visited the site on the 25th and first met with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
At the meeting, Prime Minister Netanyahu thanked the Biden administration for supporting Israel's right to self-defense, while Secretary Blinken emphasized that he would continue to be involved in Israeli security.
He said, "We need to address existing issues and challenges to prevent a return to violence," and said that we should start by improving the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
After this, Secretary Blinken also met with Palestinian Authority Chairman Abbas in Ramallah on the west bank of the Jordan River and announced that he would provide emergency assistance to the Gaza Strip for $ 5.5 million, or about 600 million yen in Japanese yen. ..
The United States wants to maintain a ceasefire and ease tensions by providing reconstruction assistance to the Gaza Strip, where the economic situation is severely deteriorating.
U.S. Secretary of State Jerusalem Consulate Reopening Ideas
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a press conference after meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Abbas that he would reopen the Jerusalem consulate, which had been the point of contact with the Palestinian side.
The US Consulate in Jerusalem was closed as the former Trump administration recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moved the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Blinken did not say when the consulate would reopen, but said it was "important for the United States to work with and support the Palestinian people," and said the previous administration's extremely Israeli policy. Clarified the attitude to change.
On the other hand, regarding "two-state coexistence" in which Israel and the future Palestinian nation coexist, he said that it is necessary to ease regional tensions and improve the living environment. We will be able to resume our efforts for this, "he said, recognizing that it will take time to resume peace talks.