
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, seeking administrative reforms aimed at allowing his Palestinian Authority to play a key role in governing the Gaza Strip when the war is over. Blinken's convoy rolled into Ramallah, the defacto capital of the West Bank, from Tel Aviv after a day of talks with Israeli leaders who have shown little interest in heeding the global outcry for a two-state solution. Abbas stressed the need for a political solution starting with a State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem...