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During a visit to Tel Aviv following the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel]], Blinken promised to help defend Israel "as long as America exists." Blinken said that "Israel has the right, indeed the obligation, to defend itself and to ensure that this never happens again."<ref name=":6" /> He rejected calls for a ceasefire in the [[Israel–Hamas war]] but said he supported "humanitarian pauses" to deliver aid to the people of the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref name=":7" />
In April 2024, it was reported that Blinken had refused to act on recommendations from the [[Leahy Law|Israel Leahy Vetting Forum]] to sanction Israeli units that had participated in human rights violations including torture, rape, and extrajudicial killings in the [[West Bank]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Brett |date=2024-04-17 |title=Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/israel-gaza-blinken-leahy-sanctions-human-rights-violations |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[ProPublica]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Flaherty |first=Anne |date=April 26, 2024 |title=US holds off on sanctioning Israeli military units accused of human rights violations in West Bank before start of war with Hamas |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-sanction-israeli-military-units-accused-human-rights/story?id=109651562 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> During a hearing before the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] on May 21, 2024, Blicken faced fierce criticism from protestors who interrupted his testimony by shouting as they were escorted from the hearing room, including calling him "the butcher of Gaza" and "Bloody Blicken".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-21 |title=‘Butcher of Gaza!’: Protesters thrown out of Blinken meeting that descends into chaos |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tony-blinken-senate-committee-hearing-b2548890.html |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jimison |first=Robert |date=2024-05-21 |title=Pro-Palestinian protesters heckle Blinken as he testifies on Capitol Hill. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/world/middleeast/pro-palestinian-protesters-heckle-blinken-as-he-testified-on-capitol-hill.html |access-date=2024-05-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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