Political roundup: Cohen on Gaza, Kennedy Day and Reagan Day
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., speaks at the site of future affordable housing in Orange Mound Aug. 13. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian)
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., meets this coming week in Washington with diplomats of Middle East countries about Israel’s war with Hamas.
And a non-Israeli peacekeeping force in Gaza could be one of the topics discussed, Cohen said to The Daily Memphian.
The meeting includes representatives from United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Kuwait — nations that participate in the “Abraham Accords” agreements recognizing Israel.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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