DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Will ties with the Gulf states continue to progress without movement on the Palestinian issue?
US SECRETARY OF State Antony Blinken, accompanied by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyanin, speak at a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, on Wednesday.(photo credit: Andrew Harnik/Reuters)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN