Israel’s Latest ‘Last Chance’

Last we checked, in recent years the phrases ‘Mideast’ and ‘last chance’ headlined 797 stories.

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Secretary Blinken, left, and President Herzog at Tel Aviv, August 19, 2024. Kevin Mohatt/pool via AP

If you blink you might miss the last chance for peace in our time. At least that’s what Secretary Blinken is saying as he launches his latest Mideast trip. “This is a decisive moment, probably the best, maybe the last, opportunity to get the hostages home, to get a cease-fire and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security,” he said at Jerusalem this morning. This is the oldest Mideast gambit. 

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