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Blinken: US warned Israel that West Bank tensions could undermine Saudi normalization

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it would be tough, if not impossible, to deepen and expand the Abraham Accords if the violence continues in the West Bank.

West Bank violence
Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff (2nd-L), head of the European Union's mission to the West Bank and Gaza Strip, inspects a burned vehicle near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on June 23, 2023, in the aftermath of an attack there by Israeli settlers. — AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

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