Arab countries are not keen to get involved in the rebuilding of Gaza if the Palestinian enclave will be “leveled” again in a few years, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, adding that the Palestinian statehood question needed to be addressed.

“You have to resolve the Palestinian question,” Blinken told CNBC in an interview in Davos, according to Reuters.

“Arab countries are saying this: They’re saying, look, we’re not going to get into the business, for example, of rebuilding Gaza only to have it leveled again in a year or five years and then be asked to rebuild it again.”

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