U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a meeting with the foreign ministers of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE and Egypt as well as a representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization, in Amman, Jordan, Nov. 4, 2023.

Against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, Israel’s Arab partners have faced pressure from their fiercely pro-Palestinian populations to address Gaza’s plight. Crucially however, they have also gravitated to the U.S. for security assurances amid fears of regional flare-ups and tensions with Iranian allies across the region.