Today, Saturday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will start a visit to Israel at the start of a regional tour aimed at mobilizing regional support for Kiev and allaying Tel Aviv's fears of an imminent nuclear agreement with Iran.
On the first leg of his regional tour that includes the West Bank, Morocco and Algeria, Blinken will participate in a mini-summit with his counterparts in Bahrain, the UAE and Morocco;
The three countries that normalized their relations with Israel.
He will travel to Israel from Poland, where he participated with President Joe Biden in meetings in which Washington sought to mobilize Western support for Ukraine.
Blinken will seek to highlight the great interest of the United States in the Middle East, despite the fact that the region is no longer a top priority for Washington, which is focusing its attention on China and Russia.
The tour comes at a time when negotiations between the United States and Iran to revive the international agreement signed with Tehran on its nuclear program are entering their final stages.
Blinken will hold two separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the start of the tour.
Under former President Donald Trump, the US administration had suspended support for the Palestinians and closed its consulate on Palestinian affairs, and despite Biden's pledge to reopen the Jerusalem-based consulate, this representation remains closed.
Blinken will spend Sunday and Monday in Israel, and then he will head to Morocco, where he will meet with senior officials, as well as Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed.
At the end of his tour, Blinken will meet in Algeria with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra to discuss regional security issues and trade relations.