Israel

[Secretary Blinken] heads to Israel and the West Bank on an atypically delicate mission: to convey the administration’s deep concern over some of the new Israeli government’s policies and to raise the alarm over the possibility of widespread violence in the West Bank, all while maintaining President Biden’s standing policy of a close relationship with Israel... What was a delicate task has now become even harder: Violence has already intensified considerably in the past few days in the West Bank and in Jerusalem with bloody consequences. Blinken will have to prioritize his substantive warnings over his and the president’s preferred diplomatic tone.