they think this is going to have any sort of durability? i think this is the white house that concentrates on their strategy. they go their full force and don t change course. when we start asking questions, member of congress start asking questions. the so-called quiet diplomacy and phone calls between officials like binden and netanyahu and the palestine president. that was the theme they concentrated on and that it worked well. there was a ceasefire mostly brokered here by the egyptians. i think that will continue. they will continue to keep this behind the scenes and push other people in the region especially
be neighbors of any close ones. they watch out for each other. the arab family takes care of her children. this is a good solid relationship. it still is. we spoke to a palestine man in the same town and said, yes, i love my jewish friends and they understand the tension but to say the anger and tension is gone and all of the memories of what has happened. not just the rocket fire but the intracommunal violence in town and this place was the center of that. that shows the restraktibility of this problem and the long-standing issues. even if you have arabs and jews
hostilities for the first time. you can see traffic is picking up again. people are heading for the beach. they are out for a sail on a beautiful early summer day here in gaza, the west bank and east jerusalem overnight. there were huge celebrations on the part of palestines at last all of those air strikes on gaza would be ending for a time. we went out to a town called laud. a mixed israeli and jewish neighborhood. we talked to people there about how they felt. was it a relief to wake up to the hostilities stopping now. we talked to a jewish woman and a palestine man. the jewish woman essentially gave us a shoulder shrug, like,
a ceasefire, and? the conflict has been going on for decades. the source of the conflict hasn t been resolved. so there is sort of a feeling, yes, the rockets and air raids have stopped but the problems are still there and it can spark up again at any time. really is the sense on the ground. kelly, we ve talked about the type of town you mentioned where there are israelis and palestines living alongside each other. one focus is the israeli arabs and tensions between them and israeli jews. is it still as thick and difficult as it was 11 days ago? the jewish woman we spoke to today lives next door to an arab family. she said she would want them to
safely and securely and equally enjoy freedom and democracy. my administration will continue to support quiet diplomacy to that end. we will make progress and i m committed to working toward it. the secretary of state blinken is expected to visit the middle east. writing in part, blinken will meet with leaders and work together to build better futures for israelis and palestines. no exact date was given for this trip. kelly, good to see you. bring us up to speed. what is the mood and is this ceasefire holding so far? it is holding so far. israelis woke up to a quiet morning, a stop to the