(26 Nov 2024)
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Fiuggi, Italy – 26 November 2024
1. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaking at briefing, zoom out to wide shot
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State:
"Yes. In terms of Gaza itself, I also think this can have a significant impact. Why is that? Because one of the things that Hamas has sought from day one is to get others in on the fight, to create multiple fronts, to make sure that Israel is having to fight in a whole series of different places. And as long as it’s thought that that was possible, that’s one of the reasons it’s held back from doing what’s necessary to end the conflict. Now, if it sees that the cavalry is not on the way, that may incentivize it to do what it needs to do to end this conflict. Now we have two things that are essential. One is getting the hostages back, including the seven Americans. But we also need to make sure that in order to end the conflict, we have a clear plan for what follows the conflict, that enables the people of Gaza to move forward with their lives, without Hamas and with Israel having pulled out of Gaza. We spent some time here, just as we have in past weeks and months, working on that plan. And that, too, is something that we’ll be working on intensely over the coming weeks and talking to the incoming administration about."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State: ++STARTS ON WIDE SHOT++
"I’m not going to speak to what’s in, what’s in the agreement before Israel and before Lebanon. I can say, as a general matter, that, of course, by definition, Israel will always have the right to deal with challenges or threats to its security, just as any country has that right. But what I believe we have the possibility now of achieving is something that had not been the case up until now, which is the effective implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State
"Now, what we’ve worked on for for many months now was getting an agreement between Israel and Lebanon on the effective implementation of 1701, that would result in the withdrawal of any Israeli forces in Lebanon, the withdrawal of Hezbollah to the north, such that it couldn’t threaten Israel, the deployment of the Lebanese armed forces, so critical to the security of the state, to southern Lebanon, as well as UNIFIL, and an oversight mechanism to make sure that the agreements, any agreements are being carried out and fulfilled. So if this is finally agreed and if this goes forward, it is the answer to the problem that has bedeviled the the area for a couple of decades."
5. Blinken leaving news conference
STORYLINE:
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said a proposed ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah would also have a "significant impact" on the war in Gaza.
"One of the things that Hamas has sought from day one is to get others in on the fight, to create multiple fronts, to make sure that Israel is having to fight in a whole series of different places," Blinken said at a briefing following a Group of Seven meeting in the Italian city of Fiuggi, outside Rome.
"Now, if it sees that the cavalry is not on the way, that may incentivize it to do what it needs to do to end this conflict," he said.
A ceasefire would mark the first major step toward ending the regionwide unrest triggered by Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. But it does not address the devastating war in Gaza.
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