Blinken: Trump Did a Very Good Thing the First Time with the Abraham Accords

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We're working on a plan so that Gaza can rebuild after that war and Israel can get out. And it requires some kind of pathway for the Palestinians to have the state to which they're entitled. That's a really hard one right now because so many of these communities are totally traumatized, the Israelis, the Palestinians. But we know that's also required. We've been working on all of this. We're ready to go if we have the opening. If we're not, we're going to hand it off to the Trump administration. President Trump did a very good thing the first time around with the Abraham Accords, with the United Arab Emirates, with Bahrain. And now the opportunity is there. And I know this is something that the president will be focused on, to broaden that out with the -- with the Saudis. The work that we've done on putting in place the elements of that deal, including what we and Saudi Arabia would do together, what they would do with Israel, all of that is now there. And my hope is we'll move as far as we can, but it won't be complete, but we'll be able to hand it over. And then the next administration can decide how it wants to proceed. But this would be an extraordinary success over multiple administrations to actually change the region and the future for its people."