US Urges, Israel-Palestinian Restraint , as Violence Soars.<br />On January 30, Secretary of State Antony Blinken <br />urged Israel and Palestine to exercise restraint and <br />ease tensions following a wave of retaliatory violence.<br />On January 30, Secretary of State Antony Blinken <br />urged Israel and Palestine to exercise restraint and <br />ease tensions following a wave of retaliatory violence.<br />NBC reports that Blinken addressed the ongoing violence <br />while speaking in Cairo, just hours before he would <br />make a two-day visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank.<br />NBC reports that Blinken addressed the ongoing violence <br />while speaking in Cairo, just hours before he would <br />make a two-day visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank.<br />We will be encouraging the parties <br />to take steps to calm things down. <br />There is no question that this <br />is a very difficult moment, Antony Blinken, United States Secretary of State, via NBC.<br />We will be encouraging the parties <br />to take steps to calm things down. <br />There is no question that this <br />is a very difficult moment, Antony Blinken, United States Secretary of State, via NBC.<br />Last week, violence erupted following an Israeli <br />military raid on a militant stronghold in the West <br />Bank city of Jenin which left ten people dead. .<br />Following the raid, a Palestinian shooting <br />attack in an east Jerusalem settlement <br />claimed the lives of seven Israelis.<br />On January 30, the Palestinian Health <br />Ministry said that Israeli forces killed <br />a Palestinian man in the city of Hebron.<br />NBC reports that the most recent death <br />in the flashpoint city of Hebron brings the toll <br />of Palestinians killed in January to 35.<br />The wave of violence comes weeks after Israeli <br />Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office, <br />promising to take a tough stance against Palestine.<br />NBC reports that Blinken's meeting will be <br />the highest-level of engagement with Netanyahu <br />since he retook control of Israel last month.<br />NBC reports that Blinken's meeting will be <br />the highest-level of engagement with Netanyahu <br />since he retook control of Israel last month.<br />Blinken's diplomatic agenda in Jerusalem is reported <br />to also include Russia's war in Ukraine, tensions <br />with Iran and ongoing crises in Lebanon and Syria.<br />Blinken's diplomatic agenda in Jerusalem is reported <br />to also include Russia's war in Ukraine, tensions <br />with Iran and ongoing crises in Lebanon and Syria.<br />Blinken's diplomatic agenda in Jerusalem is reported <br />to also include Russia's war in Ukraine, tensions <br />with Iran and ongoing crises in Lebanon and Syria
