Antony Blinken: “We concluded that conditions were not conducive, for a constructive visit, at this time.”

In an era of renewed great power competition we must present the strongest possible offer.

It is vital that we provide a better choice, and we do that by doing a few things.

I can't go into the details of our conversations today except to say that our Egyptian counterparts were in communication with Hamas as early, as recently as a few hours ago.

That statement is incorrect.