Antony Blinken

Yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes.

No. It's not, first of all. Second, as to how the world sees it, I can't fully answer to that. But Everyone has to look at the facts and draw their own conclusions from those facts. And my conclusions are clear. I think as well, there is, in the wake of this horrific suffering, the traumatization of the Israeli population, the Palestinian population, and many others, there's also a light.

No. It's not, first of all. Second, as to how the world sees it, I can't fully answer to that. But Everyone has to look at the facts and draw their own conclusions from those facts. And my conclusions are clear. I think as well, there is, in the wake of this horrific suffering, the traumatization of the Israeli population, the Palestinian population, and many others, there's also a light.

that one can see, that offers the prospect of a much different and much better future. It doesn't bring back the lives of those who've been lost. It doesn't bring back the parents of the children in Gaza who've lost their parents or the children for parents in Israel on October 7th. who lost theirs, but it does offer a different way forward.

that one can see, that offers the prospect of a much different and much better future. It doesn't bring back the lives of those who've been lost. It doesn't bring back the parents of the children in Gaza who've lost their parents or the children for parents in Israel on October 7th. who lost theirs, but it does offer a different way forward.

And we've done an extraordinary amount of work to build the foundation for that. First, you've got to end the conflict in Gaza. And I believe it will end, and it will probably end more or less on the terms that we've established in the hostage ceasefire agreement that President Biden put forward, that we got the whole world behind. It will land there. Second, you have to make sure it's enduring.

And we've done an extraordinary amount of work to build the foundation for that. First, you've got to end the conflict in Gaza. And I believe it will end, and it will probably end more or less on the terms that we've established in the hostage ceasefire agreement that President Biden put forward, that we got the whole world behind. It will land there. Second, you have to make sure it's enduring.

We've spent months working on a post-conflict plan with many countries in the region, Arab partners in particular. And that plan is – if we don't have the opportunity to start to try to implement it through a hostage ceasefire agreement in the next couple of weeks, we will hand it off to the incoming Trump administration and they can decide whether to move forward with it.

We've spent months working on a post-conflict plan with many countries in the region, Arab partners in particular. And that plan is – if we don't have the opportunity to start to try to implement it through a hostage ceasefire agreement in the next couple of weeks, we will hand it off to the incoming Trump administration and they can decide whether to move forward with it.

Third, we have the prospect of a totally different region with normalized relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia and many other countries. Israel integrated into the security architecture of the region and – because it will be a requirement of any such normalization agreement, a real pathway to a Palestinian state. We've done all of the work to put those plans in place.

Third, we have the prospect of a totally different region with normalized relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia and many other countries. Israel integrated into the security architecture of the region and – because it will be a requirement of any such normalization agreement, a real pathway to a Palestinian state. We've done all of the work to put those plans in place.

Normalization with Saudi Arabia, that can happen tomorrow based on the work that we've done, the investments we've made, once there is an end to the conflict in Gaza and an agreement on a credible pathway forward for the Palestinians. All of that work is there. That's what we'll be handing over. But

Normalization with Saudi Arabia, that can happen tomorrow based on the work that we've done, the investments we've made, once there is an end to the conflict in Gaza and an agreement on a credible pathway forward for the Palestinians. All of that work is there. That's what we'll be handing over. But

It requires leaders to make really hard decisions, and it requires somehow moving beyond the trauma of two societies, Israeli and Palestinian, that we see and that have taken root. That's going to be the really hard part.

It requires leaders to make really hard decisions, and it requires somehow moving beyond the trauma of two societies, Israeli and Palestinian, that we see and that have taken root. That's going to be the really hard part.

Look, here's what I can tell you. Look at everything we've done, everything I believe that we've achieved in this administration at home and around the world. And whether you agree or not, I think there's a very strong record of achievement, historic in many ways.

Look, here's what I can tell you. Look at everything we've done, everything I believe that we've achieved in this administration at home and around the world. And whether you agree or not, I think there's a very strong record of achievement, historic in many ways.

Every single one of those achievements has been the product of a decision that was made by the president of the United States, by President Biden, not by me, not by others in the administration, by the president. His judgment, his decision, his action has been proven reflected in what we've done, what we've achieved. That's the basis upon which to judge whether he's been an effective president.

Every single one of those achievements has been the product of a decision that was made by the president of the United States, by President Biden, not by me, not by others in the administration, by the president. His judgment, his decision, his action has been proven reflected in what we've done, what we've achieved. That's the basis upon which to judge whether he's been an effective president.