The US secretary of state has made at least five trips to the region since the start of the war on Gaza.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East – for his fifth visit since Israel began its war on Gaza.
His previous trips brought no respite to the bombed Palestinians.
So what is the purpose of this last visit?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests:
Trita Parsi – Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Hafsa Halawa – independent consultant working on political, social and economic affairs in the Middle East, North Africa and the Horn of Africa
Gawdat Bahgat – Professor of National Security Affairs at the Center for Strategic Studies for the Near East and South Asia at the National Defense University
