Blinken until recently was still voicing hope at reaching an agreement, which he had dangled as an incentive for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show moderation in the Gaza war.
“My hope is we’ll move as far as we can, but it won’t be complete,“ he said.
He offered rare praise for Trump's record in shepherding the 2020 Abraham Accords in which the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco forged ties with Israel, its first normalizations with the Arab world in decades.
Netanyahu had considered Israel's growing acceptance in the Arab and Islamic worlds a key legacy. Saudi Arabia would be a major prize due to its role as the guardian of Islam's two holiest sites.
But Blinken in recent months said the Biden administration had negotiated a US package to offer Saudi Arabia if it agreed to normalize with Israel, which is believed to include security guarantees by Washington for the kingdom.
De facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, however, has ruled out recognizing Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state -- an idea anathematic to much of Netanyahu's hard-right government.
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