 And now to stories outside Africa, the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on Wednesday, May 26. Blinken restated its country's commitment to peace and to Israel's security. Also emphasizing the strong alliance between the two countries, Rivlin said friendship means to agree, not to agree. Blinken pledged that Washington would provide new aid to help rebuild Gaza as part of efforts to bolster a ceasefire between Islamist Hamas rulers and Israel. He began his regional visit in Jerusalem on Tuesday, where he held talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. President Biden asked me to come to Israel this week, this week in particular, to underscore the commitment of the United States to our partnership, to our alliance, to Israel's security and to the work that we need to do together to continue to try to bring peace, bring communities together. The bipartisan could be expressed also from time to time from the ability of both of us not to agree. And friendship means to agree, not to agree. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.