Blinken: Israel Ceasefire Would Allow Hamas to ‘Remain’

Blinken: Israel Ceasefire Would Allow Hamas to ‘Remain’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington on May 16, 2023. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Oct. 31 that a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas would “allow” the terrorist group to “remain.”

Appearing in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Mr. Blinken said that a ceasefire “would simply consolidate what Hamas has been able to do and allow it to remain where it is, and then potentially repeat what it did another day, and that’s not tolerable.”

Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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