Blinken Seeks Palestinian Governance Reform for Postwar Gaza as Israeli Strikes Continue

Published on January 10, 2024

TEL AVIV, Israel—Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday about reforming the Palestinian Authority, as part of U.S. efforts to rally the region behind postwar plans for Gaza that also include concrete steps toward a Palestinian state. Mr. Blinken says he has secured commitments from multiple countries in the region to assist with rebuilding and governing Gaza after Israel’s war against Hamas, and that wider Israeli-Arab normalization is still possible, but only if there is “a pathway to a Palestinian state.” In their meeting Wednesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Mr. Blinken told Mr. Abbas that the United States supports “tangible steps towards the creation of a Palestinian state,” according to State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. He said the two discussed administrative reform....

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