Sec. Blinken says Israel has the 'will' and 'means to police itself': Full interview

Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins Meet the Press to discuss his department’s report on Gaza - and whether Israel is violating international law.
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#Blinken #Israel #Palestine

[@brutelizerc7181]

Disgraceful display of double standards and lies, they have forgotten they’re meant to represent the people. You’re asking a murderer to investigate itself bravo 👏

[@kuhutta163]

He is a clown

[@terranator]

not a very funny one...

[@zanebea3437]

And he’s not even good at that. He’s a joke!

[@Bridge50]

😂

[@lucabaki]

Trump is.

[@kuhutta163]

@@lucabaki lul

[@josephlango5591]

This US admin is a tragedy

[@lucabaki]

No it's not.

[@user-uy3yh9vd2q]

After Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria perhaps the US shouldn't give advice

[@inmyopinion651]

And what country was Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria on behalf of?

[@Alpharizzchad]

Iran and Pakistan. With Russia in the back ground selling weapons. Why did Russia go into Syria and bomb the people? Nobody asks. Why what happened to the people of Syria and the Iraian people who just want a government for the people not Fake rules by people who say they are anouted by power of the God's. They want Free speech free government that they voted in. Not the government that they never know what can happen

[@Leokat334]

@@inmyopinion651 there was no reason to invade Iraq! No weapons of mass destruction. They just wanted war.

[@KittyFloof]

@@inmyopinion651😅 Juice 🧃

[@hoaduong3192]

Becarefully with joe biden, he is Big traitor..

[@Zarathustra1900]

I am sure Americans are smart enough to see through Blinken trying to gaslight them

[@Yes-Yes1]

For real

[@henlohenlo689]

usa is vicariously liable for assisting and funding it. isreal is just the pawn carrying out hte tasks, if it wasn't natanyahu whoever else was/is in that seat would be carrying out the actions that usa wants them to do. similar type of malice is occuring with nato and crimes occuring in ukraine. there isa common theme that usa is funding both of them. the general public sees what's occuring, there is alot of laws being broken. there needs to be international court accountability of usa, this should not ever happen. also the bi1den admin has seemingly violated the foreign corrupt practices act, both ways, sending funds to other nations for favors and recieving funds for favors. this is pretty clear alot of evidence they are not hiding from the public. it's just wide into the open. also nato's purpose is dicriminatory, thus illegal., and collusions with efforts to restrain trade and do redlining etc etc. all this would be illegal for big business to do within the usa, but also if i am not mistaken is basically like the international version of antitrust. so this is more issues. im not an expert on international trade laws but, i know that if those practices occured within the usa from big business it would be illegal.

[@kennethpereyda5707]

@@henlohenlo689 um No

[@henlohenlo689]

@@kennethpereyda5707 im willing to learn. take some of the points i made and give the counter argument. you might have more facts than i do. i wanna learn them.

[@henlohenlo689]

@@kennethpereyda5707 this kind of debate of you concede by nonresponse you lose by concession. failure to refute the claims originally made. u still can respond if ur gone for good, then ulost.

[@shaft7891]

Nonsense!! I have lost all the respect for Blinken-he is lying 🤥 blatantly 😮

[@Work4Good757]

He’s dying for your respect

[@debraberg4513]

he's sucks at propaganda ...look at his face

[@bibijohn6919]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ ​@@Work4Good757

[@roguediy557]

He should be prosecuted for espionage. He is funnelling US money to fund war crimes abroad which could make the US complicit.

[@Jana-ve2ec]

You can’t believe anything that comes out of this Administrations mouth

[@Bridge50]

Exactly!!!

[@user-xd1kb9ez8n]

Agreed 100%

[@rodneysmith2651]

Blinken needs to go to prison he's a fraud

[@Costarluv007]

He is fraud for not supporting the killing of anymore civilians right.

[@m.b.d7001]

What would be the charges?

[@Budguy68]

​@@m.b.d7001 Treason

[@m.b.d7001]

@@Budguy68 what did he do that constitute treason?

[@Budguy68]

@m.b.d7001 Letting Israel bribe/blackmail our politicians and drag us into wars in the middle east. Letting Israel steal military secrets. Letting israel take our tax money by the tens of billions while Americans stuggle...

[@davidcooks2379]

Double standards against Israel

[@user-pf7tf3rf1u]

To Blinken it is only Israel standards. Weak and hypocritical and biased.

[@bigtuna45]

00:45 this is completely false, no other country enjoys special privileges from the US other than Israel

[@Alpharizzchad]

The world knows what happened and who did it for the money for the muhallh in Iran and that Hamas did they video it and showed it to the whole world. Today he has to be a talking Head this is government to day. Remember we have a Election coming up. The balance game begins. He has traveled back and forth two many times. Last. Week he said ITs all Up to Hamas to stop the War. Over and Over And Over. In less than one week he has to say. But Wait until the end of the month. Hamas started a War. There was peace on October 6th and 10 days before the War Saudi Arabia was going to make a peace deal with Israel. So Iran set up the War. To happen.the whole world knows what happened and who did it for the money for the muhallh in Iran deal with it and why not Sinwar come out of hiding? His own people want them gone. And Gaza people know it. Food is getting in but Hamas is stealing it They will sacrifice the people of Gaza for the power for the money for the muhallh in Iran deal with it

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

No worries, the rest of the world sees this.

[@yahswoman2019]

The US is so far up Israel's behind they are taking away American rights to please them. I just want to hear Us explain why they are trying to ban the Bible to the God they claim to believe!

[@tucky2297]

Americans are for Israel!

[@ashtonandersonJesus]

That's because Israel is more important than the US and that's facts the US is not ordained by God Israel is so your comment is foolish Israel has an ordained heir God has given them so just stop

[@user-uy3yh9vd2q]

Now apply this to Ukraine and Russia and it doesn't hold up.

[@mrmene2144]

Ukraine is fighting back, let Palestine fight back and stop disturbing the world with protest in futility

[@kaitlynchan1413]

@@mrmene2144 who is helping Palestine to fight back? hahaha. And who are helping Ukraine to fight back?

[@bralis2]

@@kaitlynchan1413 Yes, in that case war between Russia and Ukraine is war, but that cannot be said about Palestine people vs IDF. It is just killing, genocide done by IDF.

[@Naruto-db8yg]

T I'm d b ill hmm tl go.0 hmm​@@kaitlynchan1413

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

Yes, everyone knows. It's called hypocrisy, being unfair.

[@buddadavid480]

Lies Lies Lies 😢😮😅

[@sinan325]

1776 : Independence from England 2024 : Independence from IsraeI

[@MKK520]

Joined with Ayatollah + CCP?

[@roystonmason9125]

@@MKK520 anything u want

[@55dionysus]

Aipac has spent our money well.

[@informaciondesarroll]

exactly

[@galeru]

@@roystonmason9125 lol aipac lover

[@roystonmason9125]

@@galeru my comment lifted from another comment

[@matthewklepac4607]

If you guys are gonna lie as bad as Trump why should we even vote this fall

[@larrymcabee9379]

Judging by your statement..... please don't vote!

[@josephdan2850]

You and everyone else should vote for Joe Biden so that Donald Trump goes to jail for his crimes. Joe Biden didn’t do anything wrong. Joe Biden is doing amazing job period.

[@dlitepix3752]

1000%

[@David-bc4rh]

Vote Green Party. It's the only anti war party.

[@Thrawn90]

If you don't vote then you don't get to complain

[@jjapan3241]

He’s reading. America has never looked so weak. Look at his body language… I’m embarrassed to be American but so glad I escaped that insanity.

[@bryanperoff6436]

Paid professional liar. Sad state of affairs. Change is coming.

[@glendasharman6843]

Hypocrite of the Year, or should I say Years.

[@Arms26]

"We're in the midst of that war" Yet they can make definitive conclusions about the Russia/ Ukraine war at the drop of a hat while they're in the midst of that war! SHUT UP BLINKEN!!

[@Cryosxify]

naw, let's let an independent body with no appetite for corruption do that

[@user-gl5ux5xk3k]

that "unprecedented" attack by Iran was a retaliatory strike from what Israel did. We even labeled it that way.

[@davidlangleyjr2047]

you can tell bye his eyes that he is lying

[@JohnDoe-jw5lf]

You can tell "bye" your English that Prigozhin is no more, Ivan

[@Bridge50]

100%

[@abdullahalfahim8600]

Don’t talk or criticize about them, they are the chosen baby

[@71suns]

'Chosen' for what? 90+ percent wouldn't be able to answer that question. Zionists are secular disguised as something other than that.

[@hawoali4537]

No one watches this channel anyway

[@user-qu8lt3hf7e]

Wrong

[@davidcooks2379]

Are you applying the same standards to your other allies who you supply weapons to? Saudi Arabia, Qatar? Turkey? The undisputable champions of himan right! (Sarcasm) What a shameful hypocrisy!

[@damham5689]

I dont know about that. lsraeI has a long history of making hits on foreign soil too. Even sent hitmen to hotels to take out people.

[@OriginalMattz]

Double standards!!!!! This country is crazy

[@navblack6671]

Russia find a oil in Antarctica what USA needs it's sad😢 USA can't be energy independent.

[@christoabbe]

Sec State for Israel over here

[@user-ip1rj5fu3l]

When will the circle of lies end ????????

[@kennethpereyda5707]

and here comes a word salad

[@RidoBd-be3mv]

I know he have it hard wanting to tell the truth but can't because Israel is the us god... But the real god is watching and he will do what's is best in is time

[@albertoserrano67]

Bibi crossed the red line twice already and he has not even stopped bibi from killing hostages

[@AlaaeldinMohamed]

No matter how long injustice remains for, criminals will lose and justice will be there one day US is supporting criminals

[@RamneekKaur-ih5lm]

Right . They made my unlawfully video and became friends with my enemies after I filed lawsuit on little Greg and my lawsuit was on whole state and now government forcefully making people abuse me and pressured me to marry . My case is not about nation but corrupt politicians, cops, authorities, my past people and few more .I want proper investigation and all of them to be jail . I won't do any assignments or accept money until government put them in jail no matter if they are in power or what religion and color tbey are . Government is corrupt

[@TheDizengoff]

Who exactly are the criminals? Hamas or IDF?

[@user-xj3gx5tc6v]

@@TheDizengoff Both of them.

[@aidaavdibasic628]

Cudo tako pametno pitas I nakon ovog genocidnog unistavanja Palestinaca od strane Izraela I onih koji ih podrzavaju ti ne znas ko je kriminalaci

[@logueg]

I read the title and laughed...didn't even watch the video😂.

[@killer2k1]

This is what a hypocrite looks like

[@user-pu5yb4rm9q]

democrat here. I don't like Trump, but I am forced by the Biden Administration policies to vote for him. Where are all the moderate Democrats🤐🤐

[@coraamey556]

They all went gutless!!!

[@Syriamehoms]

Asking him is like asking an Israeli agent

[@tj2791]

Welker, please shut up and don't interrupt Bernie. You have nothing worth any value to say, Bernie does.

[@captainlunartv]

Blinken is a traitor

[@ClubAssist-vl2no]

Is Blinken's nose growing each time he speak,

[@not_enough_space]

Wishful thinking.

[@xaybzc]

How can the us decide about any one who has violated humanitarian laws who itself violated it in other countries like iraque, Afghanistan,japan ans so on, Vietnam?

[@TheDizengoff]

You're absolutely right. There is no clean war

[@fikzjosk3577]

Secretary of state to Israel Antony Blinken

[@Leokat334]

Blinken Talking outside of both of his ears! Playing games! Ukraine just blew up a building with civilians in it! Why aren’t you withdrawing aid?

[@lassmt]

Worst Sec of State ever!

[@Bridge50]

😂😂😂😂

[@yahswoman2019]

Blinken sat there and said that Bull crap without blinken!!

[@HBMont-lz1ef]

How would the USA behave had it undergone 7 October? Israel, Like the USA, has the right to defend herself.

[@aidaavdibasic628]

Od koga se brane,od nenaorazanih zena I djece.

[@Naruto-db8yg]

Someone during WW2 also had those means and yet we see what happened.... no much different from what Israel is doing right now.

[@asadullah_exe]

"Don't worry, this can't go on forever. Eventually, everything will fall into place. God is just."

[@mac2875]

What he said was we should all Wait for Israel to investigate itself and report their findings to Blinken so he can better collaborate their story. Now is not the time for long questions, the "Truth" needs to be fabricated its that simple. To the Victor goes the history books, so they need to come up with a plausible record of Events as to what happened to best fit whatever native they chose.

[@ozifasco3191]

Enough money and arms has been shipped to them anyway to flatten the State of Palestine and then to move to Egypt. Is it true that US boots also on the ground of Palestine (Gaza)?

[@hafamihanif7285]

October 7 did not happened on its own. Reflect on yourself.

[@sammydsouza4379]

No, certainly it does not. Israel has some sort of racial superiority issue.

[@mj-ek6mt]

Shame.. is that the foreign minister of US?

[@cafelatte2427]

The USA,,dont abandon Israel,,let them defend their nation!!!

[@Supersnake86]

Where is the proof?!!!! I have seen a single hamas soldiers by the idf videos??

[@Draggonwolf]

Exactly. We see alot of videos of dead civilians expecially women and kids. But I have yet to see any video of a dead Hamas militant. Also, why doesnt the western media report of the statement made by Hamas leadership that they will release all hostages and disband completley if there is a permanent ceasefire with a Palestinian state in which is the West Bank and Gaza. But no, it is all about the Oct 7th attack which seems to be when this whole conflict started and that 1200 Israelis killed. Why not report on when happened prior to Oct 7th and the decades of occupation? Whey not report on the real Israseli civilians deaths which is 695 and there are reports that some of that was cross fire between Hamas and Israeli security forces, also the IDF helicopter firing down into the crowns at the festival, and the tanks at the villages shellling homes at the Israeli villages as there may be hamas inside along with civilians???????

[@88KeysOnFire]

Preening NBC's' feathers, while ignoring and softening all of the graphic stuff with no disclaimer, aggrandizing everything else.

[@inspiredyouth7272]

No, we don't have double standards. Tell that to the birds Blinken.

[@catherinezuklic5070]

Boo hiss that is BS

[@christoabbe]

The two special conditions that only Israel has in the State Department 1.) All departments have to unanimously agree (this never happens) 2.) Israel has courts that America trusts to prosecute themselves. We have no such conditions for any other nation. Double standards pure and simple

[@phanna7492]

Secretary of State Blinken says Israel has the 'will' and 'means to police itself'. To that I say, "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive" - Sir Walter Scott, 1808, Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field.

[@festrellajr]

what is this country???? how in the world is this the leadership we have SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@malungisamaseko3155]

So now we police ourselves not international law. We were lied to all along 😂😂😂😂😂

[@chadwilliams3229]

You kinda sound like Obama you have his eyes too

[@aayeh64]

This is not a interview. It’s a kind of propaganda that they let these guy to have over the air 24 hours what a one sided people they are

[@xarrago87]

Just look his eyes you can see the blood of those children in Gaza remember there will be one day you’ll be ask all these questions n can’t lie about it the day of judgement 😢

[@benkumisha-oo1dx]

He is Netanyahu's spokesman

[@ahmedabdulqader8459]

I don't know why whenever I see this man, I think of vampires

[@user-gf2er7di3u]

THIS IS PURE PUPPET THEATER...DID YOU HEAR THIS GUY...HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY VETOED.........

[@sayhi247]

ALL ABOUT THE AIPAC BENJAMIN'S ..DIVESTMENTS ,INVESTMENTS..ETC

[@user-tu5ck5pq2j]

When you taking one side you can't never solve the problem 😢

[@inmyopinion651]

If what thats happened in Gaza is legal then the law needs to change. There is at least 10 thousand buried under rubble that have not even been counted on the death total.

[@DavidJohnson-tv2nn]

Who cares?

[@inmyopinion651]

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn Most people at least in the US does

[@DavidJohnson-tv2nn]

@@inmyopinion651 Correction.... Most people in the US who are leftists. Most people in Gaze support Hamas. You care about them?

[@mashratulmowla]

​Muslim care. There 2.5 billion muslim. If muslim star killing of jews people. Everyone forgot whom jews was. ​@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

[@DavidJohnson-tv2nn]

@@mashratulmowla If they don't like it, they are welcome to go home!

[@Lamin_G]

9:32 Is that what people do to fight for their sovereignty: give up their weapons and wave a white flag to their oppressors, just so "it can all be over"? Is that what the colonial settlers of colonial America did in response to the British suppression of the uprising-give up their weapons so that the conflict "can all be over"? Stop insulting viewers' intelligence. 🙂

[@Hagstrom4ever]

To question the fact that Israel has repeatedly violated international laws is embarrassing and disgusting. Perhaps because as accomplices you would also be at fault. "We don't have double standards, we treat Israel, one of our closest allies and partner as like we would treat any other country". hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha a guaranteed career as a clown.

[@kevinqt1]

Israel will need to fight for its own problem. America needs to step back

[@gvickey1]

How funny. 😂😂😂 nicely set narrative. Compare US assessment between Russia and Israel

[@Kurtlane]

"The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount of complaints about human rights violations heard from there. The greater the number of complaints being aired, the better protected are human rights in that country." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan Which means that in Israel human rights are the most protected in the world.

[@user-tk1km9bp2p]

“We don’t have double standards. We treat Israel … just as we would any other country” - blink blink

[@multimedia09]

End the occupation and stop manipulating the baby's.

[@user-uj2ty9ly1x]

Antony Blinked should stop the lies he knows they are committing genocide….

[@rathy_v]

As stams hamas as terrietish, then how is Israel killing civilians? So what is the difference between israles and hamas . He is a liar,double standard

[@rodrigoescalante5456]

"We don't have double standards..." 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@jozseffabian2393]

Palestinians asked ceasefire, not peace agreement ! The two things are not the same thing ! Because the ceasefire means pause between two guns suts, peace means no war or any conflict! So what is international human rights and charter say ? Only peace loving nations! If you have any questions please don't hesitate!!!

[@informaciondesarroll]

Netanyahus lap dog

[@user-cg5st2ek1k]

للأسف لقد استطاعت إسرائيل توريط الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية فى الإبادة الجماعية للبشر وسفك الدماء البريئة للفلسطينيين للأسف إسرائيل لا تحتل الأراضى الفلسطينية فقط بل أتضح أنها تحتل أيضاً دول كبرى وتجعلها أداة فى يدها تحركها كيفما تشاء !!!

[@JeromuJogoNarimole-wg9fx]

Blinken your answer to this interview is so pleasing and straight answers Truth is winning

[@vivalapalestine7235]

I can’t really express how furious I am with these absolute liars

[@fashioncitymetaverse]

Free Humanity Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@aeugbeshe]

Double standard in denial; saying all animals are equal but some are more equal than others.

[@glajubutu]

He's just another puppet. No surprise here

[@vicenthuerta8477]

Remember the LIBERTY!

[@88KeysOnFire]

Support of Netanyahu would be like letting Charles Manson run around on the loose. Again Iran did not mount an attack on Israel, it responded to the provocative 1st strike from Israel.

[@user-no4um7cz3f]

Mr. Blinking! You can see what is going on !! Why on earth should you not find Israel guilty & not wait until the end of the war! OR is that until Netanyahu got rid of all Palestinians??

[@SotVandoeun168]

War will not be easy for people, everybody needs peace. I prayed for peace for all.❤❤❤.

[@leehyunsong7001]

People here really think Hamas and Iran are respecting human rights and humanity.

[@nedimvehabovic5419]

Not even a minute in this man is talking about “we don’t have double standards” OH REALLY DUDE?!?! You do realize that there is this thing called internet and we don’t even have to look that far back to see your “double standards” just look at the Ukraine war and our assessments of that conflict and compare them to this Israeli conflict. And you’re telling us there’s no double standard?!? Please….

[@Abimenu-dq7rg]

Usa drama behind Israel

[@charliezxi]

Could somebody please let Blinken know that he should get his affairs in order. The man is clearly dead inside.

[@ahabdelrahman1983]

"We don't have people on the ground," 😂 Really?

[@fazuelmohammed8886]

Yeah right the fox is left to guard the hen house he got the nerve to say the American doesn’t have double standards these people really listen to themselves