Antony Blinken

Far too many Palestinians have been killed. Far too many have suffered these past weeks. And we want to do everything possible to prevent harm to them and to maximize the assistance that gets to them.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on his third trip to Israel since the October 7th Hamas terror attack pressed Israel's leaders to do more to protect civilians in Gaza and allow more humanitarian aid to enter the 25-mile long strip.

Bibi, what's the plan for the day after?

With regard to what comes next, again, I think understandably, people are very focused on the day of, not just the day after. But we do have to have conversations now about how we can best set the conditions for a durable sustainable…

As democracies, the United States, Israel, other democracies have a responsibility to do everything possible to protect civilians who may be caught in harm's way.

Israel has the right and the obligation to defend itself and, again, to try to make sure that what happened never happens again.

That humanitarian law requires that there be unfettered humanitarian assistance.

We built a coalition of more than 50 countries to help deal with the aggression that Putin is committing in Ukraine.

The President himself has been very clear, very direct, and very explicit about our concerns about extreme settler violence.

We have urge the Israelis, for example, to provide the authority with the resources that it needs that are being held back.

If the regime has, in fact, violated the agreement that it reached, then of course we will take the necessary action.

Let us be very clear about this because it is important.

We are very aggressively engaged in cracking down on financing and support for Hamas.

We have sanctioned more than 400 Iranian individuals or entities for things like supporting Hamas.

Ultimately though, beyond that is what we come back to, what this administration believes, which is the imperative of getting to two states for two peoples.

I share that concern.

We should work with other countries and enforce every reasonable measure to make sure that the migratory flow is safe, orderly, and humane.

Putin is very much trying to take advantage of the Hamas attack on Israel in the hopes that it will distract us...

This is an instance where we have seen very significant burden sharing that would almost certainly go away if we go away.

I think it would do both terrible harm to our values, but also to our core interests.

America's resilience, strength, and leadership in the world remain unmatched.

We're standing up for our interests and values--not shrinking back.

We stand resolutely with them even as we stand resolutely for the protection of innocent civilians.

Since Russia launched this war, the robust funding provided by Congress has enabled the people of Ukraine in their courageous fight to defend their nation.

Civilians must be able to stay out of harm's way, a task that is made even more difficult as Hamas uses civilians as human shields.