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Vance says Gaza deal can ‘unlock Abraham accords’
Continuing his remarks to the press, Vance said the Gaza ceasefire deal could potentially help expand the Abraham Accords, a series of Arab-Israeli normalisation deals Washington brokered under Trump’s first term.
“I think this Gaza deal is a critical piece of unlocking the Abraham Accords,” said Vance. “What it could allow is an alliance structure in the Middle East that preserves, that endures and that allows the good people of this region to step up and take ownership of their own back yard.”
“That’s in the United States’s best interest. I happen to think it’s in Israel’s best interest, too,” he said.
Vance says while ‘not easy’, he’s ‘optimistic ceasefire will hold’
Despite the repeated ceasefire violations, Vance has again expressed optimism about the deal. “It’s not easy. I never said it was easy. But what I am is optimistic that the ceasefire is going to hold and that we can actually build a better future for the entire Middle East,” he told reporters.
“But that’s going to require some work,” he continued, adding that both Israeli and US officials are engaged in the process.
Asked why the US is planning to send so many high-level officials to Israel, including him and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, if the ceasefire is in good shape, Vance replied: “It’s not about monitoring it, in the sense of monitoring a toddler. … It’s important for the administration to make sure our people continue to keep doing what we need them to do.”
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