US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is trying to coordinate a post-war plan for Gaza to be presented after the US presidential elections next month based on ideas offered by Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Axios reported on Wednesday citing unnamed US, Israeli, Palestinian, and Emirati officials.
According to the US officials, Blinken and others in the State Department believe that in the absence of a deal that would see Hamas hostages freed alongside a ceasefire in Gaza, an organized post-war plan would be the push needed to begin ending the war in the Palestinian enclave.
Having failed to help broker an end to the war during his term, a successful post-war plan would be seen as US President Joe Biden’s administration’s legacy, Axios said. READ MORE
