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The Israeli prime minister reportedly dismissed the proposal, brought to him by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
A two-state solution is part of “the basic recipe” for peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors, said the U.S. National Security Advisor.
Eli Cohen told JNS, “One of our enemies’ reasons for launching the war was to prevent an agreement with Saudi Arabia, but the war produced the opposite result.”
“I’m leaving here more optimistic than when I arrived,” the U.S. lawmaker told reporters in Tel Aviv.
Amos Hochstein: “Goal is still the same” • Iranian FM warns of “terrible” days ahead for Israel • France working on moving Hezbollah back from border • U.K. defense minister to visit Israel • Putin meets with UAE, Saudi leaders.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said at least three times since the Gaza war started that peace is still likely on the horizon.
Riyadh joins other moderate Arab states in rejecting a call to isolate the Jewish state over its war against Hamas.
Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih also announced that Riyadh will host three summits on the Hamas war.
The first Tel Aviv-Bangkok flight took a longer route as a security precaution due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
The former Trump adviser’s remarks come amid a wave of anti-Israel protests at campuses across the United States, some of which have adopted jihadist terminology along with both overt and covert praise for Hamas.
Iran’s main interest was—and remains—to prevent the United States from brokering Saudi-Israel normalization.
The U.S. president affirmed that Washington “fully supports the defense of U.S. partners facing terrorist threats, whether from state or non-state actors.”
