US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit the Middle East next week. This will be his seventh diplomatic mission to the region since the start of Israel’s active military campaign against the Hamas group, according to the Associated Press. The US State Department’s press service did not mention Secretary Blinken’s intention to visit Israel in a statement on Saturday. However, according to the AP, an Israeli foreign ministry official discussed plans for such a visit. According to the Israeli official, Blinken will visit Israel on Tuesday, but the specific city where the State Secretary wi…