in al-monitor.com: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday voiced hope that President-elect Donald Trump will pick up his work to normalize ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel, acknowledging a historic deal will not happen under Joe Bidens administration. Blinken until recently was still voicing hope at reaching an agreement, which he had dangled as an incentive for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show moderation in the Gaza war. The work that weve 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, Blinken said in an interview with MSNBC. My hope is well move as far as we can, but it wont be complete, he said. But well be able to hand it over, and then the next administration can decide how it wants to proceed.
