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.

Normalization with Saudi Arabia cannot rely on the same assumptions. It must go beyond tactical considerations and become a strategic, deeply rooted partnership – founded on genuine trust, a shared vision, and a deep understanding of mutual needs.

President Biden’s longtime aide rallied scores of nations to defend Ukraine, but then became a villain to the many critics of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

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 ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that he has received strong indications that Saudi Arabia is willing to normalise relations with Israel, particularly now that a ceasefire ...

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

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 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.

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Negotiators are zeroing in on a potential deal to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria's future: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.S. considers key allies against Islamic State but neighbouring Turkey regards as a national security threat.

We host a roundtable on the planned Gaza ceasefire with former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy of the U.S./Middle East Project, Gazan analyst Muhammad Shehada of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor and journalist Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News.

Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire, exchanging hostages and prisoners, as the conflict's broader implications unfold in the Middle East.