US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a meeting with Israeli leaders on Tuesday, promoted the Biden administration's priority of establishing a Palestinian state upon the end of the current war with Hamas, according to multiple media reports.
The Biden administration has insisted that a Palestinian state join in resolving the war, effectively giving a bounty to Hamas, which carried out mass killings, rapes and kidnappings of Israeli civilians in the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. will give.
Support for a Palestinian state plummeted Among the Israelis since the beginning of the war. Many of the victims of the attack were left-wing Israeli kibbutzim residents. Some of them were peace activists who volunteered their time to help Palestinians from Gaza.
But they have been killed and kidnapped just as much, and many Israeli survivors now know that Palestinian civilians were participating in the massacres and looting, and that Palestinian workers were directing Hamas to targets. He spoke of his fear.
Israel's Arab states are also showing less interest in a Palestinian state. Before the war, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman suggested that peace between Saudi Arabia and Israel did not depend on a Palestinian state. Nevertheless, according to Israel's Channel 12 (via Times of Israel), the Biden administration is currently revive A now-defunct 2002 Saudi proposal to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, in territory Israel seized from Egypt and Jordan in the 1967 defensive war.
According to the US State Department, Blinken mentioned a Palestinian state during his talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's War Cabinet.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's War Cabinet in Tel Aviv today. The Secretary reaffirmed our support for Israel's right to prevent a repeat of the October 7 terrorist attacks, and emphasized the importance of avoiding further civilian harm and protecting civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. emphasized. The Secretary and Prime Minister discussed continued efforts to secure the release of all remaining hostages and the importance of increasing the level of humanitarian assistance reaching civilians in Gaza. In this regard, the Secretary-General welcomed the appointment of Sigrid Kaag as the United Nations Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza and pledged to work closely with her in this new capacity. He reiterated the need to ensure lasting and sustainable peace for Israel and the region, including the realization of a Palestinian state.
Mr. Blinken also spoke with President Isaac Herzog and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Brave reportedly Blinken said Israel intends to intensify fighting in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip until it removes the Hamas leadership and frees the remaining Israeli hostages, believed to be more than 120 prisoners. he said.
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