War between Israel and Hamas: the best way to marginalize Iran as a Palestinian state, says Blinken

Antony Blinken claimed that the best way for Israel to normalize regional ties and isolate Iran is to agree on a Palestinian state to resolve the conflict.

Cairo: Amid the Israeli Army’s (IDF) ongoing military operations in Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday (local time) proposed something to normalize tensions, which Israel may not appreciate. He stated that the best way for the country to normalize regional ties and isolate Iran is to agree on a Palestinian state to resolve the conflict, The Jerusalem Post reported. Blinken made the comments in the Egyptian capital Cairo, while speaking to the media. “You can have an integrated region with Israel – integrated with security guarantees and commitments from regional countries, but also from the United States – and a Palestinian state, or you can have terrorism, nihilism, destruction by Hamas, by the Houthis, by Hezbollah – all backed by Iran,” he said.

The US Secretary of State yesterday completed a week-long trip that also included visits with top officials in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Bahrain.