Mohammed Dahlan, who advises the United Arab Emirates, provided public insights into what Arab governments are privately planning for the battered enclave after the war ends.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken conducted marathon diplomacy around the region, but Israeli leaders, focused on war with Hamas, showed no interest in meeting demands like Palestinian statehood.
The U.S. secretary of state spoke with Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, about the role the authority might play after Israel’s war with Hamas.
In meetings with Israeli leaders, the U.S. secretary of state held out the prospect of Saudi recognition to prod Israel to curb combat operations in Gaza and accept a path to Palestinian statehood.