"America is commited to Israel's security" says Blinken in press conference held with Netanyahu US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called for rapid measures to ease Israeli-Palestinian violence, following a sharp escalation in bloodshed between the two sides. "We're urging all sides now to take urgent steps to restore calm, to deescalate," Blinken said alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after they held talks in Jerusalem. FRANCE 24's International Affairs editor, Angela Diffley, reacts.