“Virtually all Arab countries want to normalize” their relations with Israel, estimates Antony Blinken. “There is an extraordinary opportunity for Israel in the coming months to end this cycle once and for all” of violence, he said.
The U.S. is working with Qatar and Egypt to try to obtain a ceasefire in a war that has lasted since October. Saudi Arabia recalled at the beginning of the month that it would have "no diplomatic relations" with Israel as long as a Palestinian state was not recognized.