U.S. State Department: Blinken spoke with Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas

The U.S. State Department announced that Secretary Antony Blinken spoke today, Tuesday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about ways to expand Israel's integration in the region and confront Iranian threats. In a separate statement, the department said that Blinken expressed his ongoing concern regarding the continued violence in the West Bank during his conversation with Abbas. The department added that they discussed supporting the two-state solution and opposing actions that could jeopardize this solution.