Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he anticipates more normalization agreements for Israel in the next year. Blinken spoke Wednesday evening in Washington, D.C., at the Israeli Embassy’s virtual celebration of that nation’s Independence Day, or Yom Haatzmaut. He was joined virtually by Israel’s U.S. ambassador, Gilad Erdan. “The United States welcomes and supports the…
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