Blinken in Mideast renews appeal for Israel-Palestinian calm


              U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant talk ahead of their meeting in Jerusalem Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool Photo via AP)
            
              US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, meets with Israeli emerging leaders at "Feel Beit", an Israeli-Palestinian art and culture collective in Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool via AP)
            
              US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, and US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides, right, meet with Israeli emerging leaders at "Feel Beit", an Israeli-Palestinian art and culture collective in Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool via AP)
            
              US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second left, meets with Israeli emerging leaders at "Feel Beit", an Israeli-Palestinian art and culture collective in Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool via AP)
            
              US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second left, and US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides, right, meet with Israeli emerging leaders at "Feel Beit", an Israeli-Palestinian art and culture collective in Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool via AP)
            
              U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, meets representatives of the Palestinian civil society in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Blinken is wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool Photo via AP)
Blinken in Mideast renews appeal for Israel-Palestinian calm