The Importance of a Palestinian State as Part of Potential Israel-Saudi Normalization Agreement

Senator Chris Murphy, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Wednesday spoke at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the State Department’s fiscal year 2025 budget request. In his questions to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Murphy expressed his concerns with recent reporting on the U.S.-Saudi bilateral elements of a potential normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel. He also commended the Biden administration’s work to secure commitments from China on stopping the flow of precursors used to make fentanyl.