'The Charge Of Genocide Is Meritless': Blinken Defends Israel During Tel Aviv Trip

ing peace and Security in this region we believe the submission against Israel to the international court of justice distracts the world from all of these important efforts and moreover the charge of genocide is meritless it's particularly Gallen given that those who are attacking Israel Hamas Hezbollah the houthis as well as their supporter Iran continue to openly call for the annihilation of Israel and the mass murder of Jews on this trip I came to Israel after meeting with the leaders of Turkey Greece Jordan cter the United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia all of those leaders share our concern about the spread of the conflict all of them are committed to using their influence using the ties that they have to prevent it from escalating to deter new from opening in addition addition all Express great concern about the dire humanitarian situation and the number of civilians killed in Gaza we know that facing an enemy that embeds itself among civilians who hides in and fires from schools from hospitals makes this incredibly challenging but the daily toll on civilians in Gaza particularly on children is far too high important progress has been made in increasing the amount of Aid getting into Gaza including by opening Kem Shalom nonetheless 90% of gaza's population continues to face acute food insecurity according to the United Nations for children the effects of long periods without sufficient food can have lifelong consequences as I underscored in our meetings today more food water more medicine other essential Goods need to get into Gaza and then once they're in Gaza they need to get more effectively to the people who need them uh and Israel needs to do everything it can to remove any obstacles uh from Crossings to other parts of Gaza improving deconfliction procedures to ensure that the a can move safely and securely is a critical part of that the United Nations is playing an indispensable role in addressing the immense humanitarian needs in Gaza uh there is simply no alternative un personnel and other Aid workers in Gaza are demonstr ating extraordinary Courage by continuing to provide life-saving services in what are extremely challenging conditions um I spoke last night with the un's new senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza sigd Cog uh about all of these efforts that are underway now siget kagam and I worked very closely with uh a few years ago when she led the UN mission that destroyed the Assad regimes chemical weapons in Syria so I can say from experience she has what it takes to get this job done she has America's full support she must have Israel's as well

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Published: Tue Jan 09 2024