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Washington (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that a Gaza ceasefire deal was still possible but he charged that an International Criminal Court arrest bid for Israeli leaders was setting back diplomatic efforts. Testifying before Congress, Blinken was repeatedly disrupted by protesters critical of US support for Israel. Several were evicted after shouting that he was a “war criminal,” but protesters — many showing symbolically reddened hands –were later allowed to sit silently behind him. Blinken credited Qatar and Egypt with assisting the “extensive effort” to secure …