Mideast tensions: US state secretary Blinken arrives amid spate of violence
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The US secretary of State is due to touch down in Israel from Egypt later this Monday. Antony Blinken will be meeting the new right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestenian officials. He's expected to call on both sides to de-escalate tensions which have been on the risen in recent days. This following an Israeli raid at a refugee camp in Jenin last Thursday. FRANCE 24's Yuka Royer tells us more.