round of diplomacy in israel and the rest of the region. the talks come amid fears of a wider conflict. it s mr blinken s second visit since the war began. he s thought to be talking to israeli officials about how to pursue their military and security goals in gaza while limiting civilian casualties. meanwhile the israeli military says its ongoing ground offensive has now completed the encirclement of gaza city which was the most densely populated part of the palestinian territory before the war began last month. with the fighting intensifying there s been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe that the palestinian people in gaza are at risk of genocide. israel has accused them of repeating hamas propaganda. and people across the region are waiting to hear from the leader of the lebanese islamist group, hezbollah. hassan nasrallah s speech in the coming hours will be
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voice vote. now what was that resolution about? the resolution sponsored by senator graham and 12 of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle thanked the qatari government for assisting the united states military in evacuating american citizens and afghan refugees from taliban rule. how nefarious is that? then they reference some press release i made. well, the press release says in one sentence i am glad to see our friends and allies in qatar be moral exemplars by accepting afghans ultimately seeking safe haven in the united states after being forced to escape for their lives. that s the one thing it says about qatar. the rest of it is a call for international cooperation to help protect afghan civil society members, journalists and others at risk of taliban rule.
graham. cosponsored by 11 other partisan senators posted on the senate foreign relations agenda and passed by voice vote. what was that about? it was sponsored by senator graham and sponsored by 12 of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to thank the qatari government for evacuating our american citizens and refugees from taliban rule. and then they referenced some press release i made. well, the press release says in one sentence i am glad to see our friends and allies in qatar to be moral exemplars by accepting afghanistan s ultimately seeking the united states after being forced to escape their lives. that is the one thing about qatar. and the rest is a call for