Blinken travels to Egypt, Israel for Gaza cease-fire push
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🗓️ 10 June 2024
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Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is heading to Egypt and Israel, as U.S. officials continue to push for a cease-fire in Gaza.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday, June 10th, 2024. This is the excerpt. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:18.0 | Today, Lincoln heads to Egypt and Israel amid a ceasefire push. |
| 0:19.0 | Plus we talk about RFK Jr. |
| 0:21.0 | And Trump now backs Mail-in balloting. |
| 0:26.1 | U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is set to visit Egypt and Israel today at a critical time |
| 0:31.8 | as Washington seeks to increase pressure on Israel and Hamas to reach |
| 0:36.0 | a ceasefire in Gaza. |
| 0:37.8 | Blinking is set to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fata al-Cisi in Cairo before traveling to Israel later today where he'll meet |
| 0:45.1 | with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yewaev Galant. The visit |
| 0:49.7 | comes after President Joe Biden at the end of May outlined a three-phase |
| 0:53.8 | ceasefire proposal from Israel. It includes a permanent end to hostilities, the |
| 0:58.6 | release of Israeli hostages, and Palestinian prisoners, and the reconstruction of Gaza. |
| 1:04.0 | Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October |
| 1:08.0 | in a raid in Gaza over the weekend, |
| 1:10.0 | during which nearly 300 Palestinians were killed |
| 1:13.6 | according to Gaza's health ministry. |
| 1:15.6 | Meanwhile, Israeli Minister Benny Gantz |
| 1:18.2 | announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's |
| 1:21.4 | government yesterday. |
| 1:22.9 | The move withdraws the only centrist power in Netanyahu's otherwise far-right coalition during the war |
| 1:29.3 | in Gaza. |
| 1:30.9 | Robert F. |
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