Secretary of State Antony Blinken declines to identify 'red line' for aid to Israel

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday declined to identify the Biden administration's 'red line' with Israel, despite President Joe Biden's comments earlier this week that the U.S. will withhold certain military assistance if Israel launches an offensive on Rafah.

' Blinken's latest remarks come after the State Department on Friday issued a report to Congress that concluded it was “reasonable to assess” that Israel violated international law in Gaza. Still, the report found that Israel hasn't violated the terms of U.S. weapons agreements and Blinken defended the ambiguity of the report, saying that the report, 'makes clear that this is an incredibly complex military environment.

 

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