In meeting with Abbas, Blinken laments deaths of ‚innocent Palestinian civilians‘ – Back in J’lem, secretary implies Israel imperiling 2-state solution, lists Israeli actions US will oppose, praises ‘vibrant’ civil society amid veiled criticism of judicial shakeup | Timesofisrael

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his sorrow Tuesday for the “innocent Palestinian civilians” killed over the past year in the West Bank, after meeting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Washington’s top diplomat met Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on the penultimate stop of his Middle East tour aimed at curbing bloodshed and rising tensions, following meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, senior Israeli ministers, President Isaac Herzog and opposition leader Yair Lapid.