Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (AP/Michael Sohn)

US Secretary of State meets with Palestinian authority President

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with the Palestinian Authority President.

The top US diplomat says Washington’s immediate priority is to defuse tensions,  but in a rare public criticism, he called out Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank as an obstacle to peace.

Listen to the episode with Chris Doyle, Director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding on ABC RN Breakfast.