US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called his Chinese counterpart and urged Beijing to use its influence in the Middle East to prevent other state or non-state actors from attacking Israel and widening its war with Hamas, the State Department said.

Blinken spoke with Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi before departing from Riyadh, where the top US diplomat was attempting to shore up support for Israel among Arab nations, said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.

President Joe Biden’s envoy is on a whirlwind diplomatic tour of the Middle East, having made stops in Israel, Qatar, Jordan and Bahrain as well as Saudi Arabia over the past few days.

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    WWIII here we come. The tables have turned, yet the genocide continues! Who will be the victors? Will the human race be able to survive this conflict ? Stay tuned folks new episode tomorrow! The deaths continues!!

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    I made a wild worst case scenario prediction where China got pulled in too, didn’t expect it to happen this fast.

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    “The poors are noticing that I also work* for the billionaires! Time to enact the global final solution! Someone call Elon and tell him to ready Space-X1©!”

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