Antony Blinken said...

We also see this democratic backsliding particularly in the Sahel, and that is where we have had these recent coups.

We have impressed upon Israel time and again the imperative of really bringing a determined focus to this.

In the Middle East, we are standing with Israel and its efforts to ensure that what happened on October 7 never happens ...

Your State Department on the morning of October 7 sent out a tweet telling Israel not to engage in military retaliation.