
Blinken: 'There has to be' a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Sunday that there will eventually be a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, saying one must come following a "critical" ceasefire declared in the region last week.
"I think there has to be. I think both sides are reminded that we have to find a way to break the cycle, because if we don't it will repeat itself at great cost," Blinken told CNN's Fareed Zakaria on "GPS" when asked if he thinks there is a prospect of some kind of movement toward a genuine political solution. In a separate interview Sunday with ABC News, Blinken credited the Biden administration's "relentless, determined, but quiet diplomacy" in the region, saying it's "what got us to where we needed to be."
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