Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia is ready to go, but requires following through on ending the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and a commitment to a pathway to a Palestinian state.

Much of the heavy lifting for normalisation is complete, including negotiations on complex US-Saudi elements of an agreement,” Blinken said before the Atlantic Council in Was

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which he negotiated but did not complete, remained the best way to encourage Israeli-Palestinian peace.

The Gaza plan was just one part of the speech, which also covered other areas of the administration’s Middle East policy.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken proposed international security forces and temporary UN leadership to stabilize post-war Gaza where he warned that Hamas has recruited as many fighters as it has lost.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to make a last-minute case Tuesday for a plan for the post-war reconstruction and governance of Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears

Blinken and Biden face mounting contradictions as their narrative of Israeli success in Gaza clashes with the continued strength of Hamas.

Hecklers interrupted one of Secretary Antony Blinken's final speeches as the Trump administration prepares to take over.

With the Biden administration on its way out the door, Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered on Tuesday an expansive vision of a revamped and revised Middle East, even as negotiators in Qatar were struggling to nail down an elusive ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday proposed international security forces and temporary UN leadership to stabilize post-war Gaza but said Israel in turn must agree on a pathway to a Palestinian state.

Blinken also rejected the idea that what is happening in Gaza constitutes genocide and placed the blame for the crisis there squarely on Hamas.

Blinken touted the proposal, which has been in the works for a year, and discussed the importance of ensuring its success after the Biden administration leaves office.