Thread by @axios

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.@mikeallen to @SecBlinken: “Naftali Bennett, who's poised to be the ne xt prime minister of Israel, has said that he's opposed to a two-state solution. He says that based on security concerns it would be suicide for Israel. So what's the path?”

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@mikeallen @SecBlinken .@mikeallen asks @SecBlinken if the intel he received convinced him that Hamas was in the Gaza building Israel destroyed that housed media offices.

Blinken: "I can't comment on it. But I do think from our own experience: the more transparency, the better."

@mikeallen @SecBlinken WTO Director-General @NOIweala on China still claiming it’s a “developing country” to get preferential treatment:

"When the [WTO] was designed, I think there were some serious design faults. It was left to countries to describe themselves any way they wanted." #AxiosOnHBO

@mikeallen @SecBlinken @NOIweala .@GaviSeth on why so few COVID-19 vaccines have gone to low-income countries:

"High-income countries...bought many times the number of doses that are necessary for their populations. And as a result, there are not supplies...available for the rest of the world." #AxiosOnHBO

@mikeallen @SecBlinken @NOIweala @GaviSeth .@jonathanvswan asks Gavi's CEO about American parents who want to help the developing world, but also want their kids to be vaccinated first.

@GaviSeth: "If you do that...not just your children but the parents themselves can be at risk of further outbreaks." #AxiosOnHBO

@mikeallen @SecBlinken @NOIweala @GaviSeth @jonathanvswan .@DavidBaszucki to @inafried on @Roblox safety:

"If the government means laws or regulations, I think we hold ourself to a much higher standard. So I think our moral, ethical values would go way above that. And so in a sense, we're I think already doing that." #AxiosOnHBO