Strong criticism of the US's Israeli policies regarding the Palestinians

Washington: US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken strongly criticized Israel's policies towards the Palestinians in a speech on the situation in the Middle East at the Atlantic Council. Antony Blanken said in his address that the purpose of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack was to sabotage the Israel-Saudi Arabia agreement. The US Secretary of State said that if the loopholes in the agreement had been removed, formal relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel would have been established. The timing of the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023 was not an accident. Also Read: Who Will Control Gaza After Ceasefire? The American plan is ready He said that President Joe Biden took immediate steps to stop the conflicts in the Middle East, the US military bases were also affected by the conflict, Hamas' military and ability to rule Gaza was damaged, while Hezbollah retreated to the Litani River. There is a mill. He said that Iran has lost its ability to supply weapons to Hezbollah, Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria has also fallen, and the balance of power in the Middle East is changing dramatically. In his address, Antony Blanken acknowledged the suffering, killing of civilians, mass displacement and destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza. He refrained from blaming Israel for the atrocities in Gaza, but criticized Israeli policies towards the Palestinians. Antony Blanken said that Israel must recognize that the Palestinians will never accept non-statehood, that the Israelis must abandon the myth that they can annex Palestine, and come up with a plan to create the conditions for a Palestinian state. The US Secretary of State condemned and criticized additional Israeli checkpoints in the occupied West Bank and attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers.