Blinken says path to a Palestinian state can stabilise region, isolate Iran

Top US diplomat stresses the need for a path to Palesitnian statehood as he ends latest visit to the Middle East.

Offering Palestinians a path to statehood can stabilise the Middle East and isolate Iran, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said as he wrapped his latest visit to the region amid Israel’s continuing war on Gaza.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday after meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the US top diplomat said the region faced two paths, the first of which…