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Blinken says Arab countries not keen to rebuild Gaza if it will be ‘leveled’ again
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, with his entourage, walks from panel to panel at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Arab countries are not keen to get involved in the rebuilding of Gaza if the Palestinian enclave will be “leveled” again in a few years, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, adding that the Palestinian statehood question needed to be addressed.
“You have to resolve the Palestinian question,” Blinken tells CNBC in an interview in Davos.
“Arab countries are saying this: They’re saying, look, we’re not going to get into the business, for example, of rebuilding Gaza only to have it leveled again in a year or five years and then be asked to rebuild it again.”
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