Antony Blinken: “We are not demanding that other countries 'choose' between us and China--but rather, are offering a more attractive…”

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

That statement is incorrect.

The response we got was unfortunately not the yes that we were looking for. A yes that virtually the entire world has given.

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.