Report: America Considering Recognizing Palestinian State "The Day After"

According to reporter Barak Ravid reporting for Walla News, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has begun to weigh the political options for “the day after” the war, including the possibility of officially recognizing a Palestinian state even without a peace treaty with Israel.

According to the report, Blinken ordered the State Department to “rethink” the matter of the end of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and diplomatic decisions made in the past. According to the report, and much like British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, Blinken asked his department to see if a move of recognizing a Palestinian state or avoiding vetoing its joining the UN as an official member could help an effort to end the conflict.

American officials are also considering avoiding recognizing a Palestinian state themselves or allowing it to officially enter the UN, instead encouraging others to recognize them before official American recognition. The effort appears to be coordinated with Britain’s Lord Cameron who was quoted as saying similar things in private conversation.

These reports come as Blinken aims to visit Israel this coming week, likely with the aim of making Israel make more humanitarian concessions or even that they present their own plans for the day after the war.