Blinken expresses frustration at changes to Gaza ceasefire deal requested by Hamas
cnn.com
A diplomatic source told CNN the Hamas response “contained amendments to the Israeli proposal, including a timeline for a permanent ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip.”
A senior US administration official told CNN that “the goalposts are moving,” in Hamas’ response, and the group “is now pressing for even greater specificity than it did before.”
Did they think no questions would be asked or details were needed?
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A lot of diplomacy at that level is theatre. Everyone is an actor in some sense. Blinken successfully completed secret negotiations with Iran in the 5 State agreement that Trump tore up, so he's pretty good at it.
His background is national security not diplomacy.
Source on him being the reason it was successful? That'd be impressive for a non diplomat to be the one to do it as he was Bidens national security advisor at the time
He was Deputy Secretary of State. 11
Yes, after the deal
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/08/world/middleeast/antony-blinken-is-obamas-choice-for-no-2-state-department-post.html
Here is a timeline.
https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Timeline-of-Nuclear-Diplomacy-With-Iran
Have fun
That does nothing to support Blinken as a good negotiator. Just like his resume paints him as a war hawk which is the opposite of what we need as secretary of state