US Sec State Blinken arrives in Israel on Friday, to meet PM Netanyahu, other officials

<p>Secretary of State Blinken will arrive in Israel on Friday</p><p>He'll have meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.</p><p>Info via US politics site Axios.</p><p>Blinken's visit comes amdist speculation of a couple of scenatriosd:</p><ul><li>US and Israel exploring options for the future of the Gaza Strip, including the possibility of a multinational force. This may involve American troops</li><li>A second option would establish a peacekeeping force modelled on one that oversees a 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty</li><li>Third option would see Gaza put under temporary United Nations oversight</li></ul><p>Any of those has to be better for the people of Gaza than the current arrangement of Hamas terrorists using these folks as human shields.</p>

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