Gulf states condemn far-right Israeli official's remarks on Palestinians.

The foreign ministers of the six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have sent a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemning Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for his recent comments about Palestinians. The letter urged Blinken to “respond to all measures and statements that target the Palestinian people.” The GCC Ministerial Council also condemned Israel for “repeated incursions by Israeli settlers into the courtyards of the Holy Al Aqsa Mosque”; settlement construction; military raids in the West Bank; expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem; and “attempts to change [the] legal character, demographic composition, and arrangements for Islamic holy places.” The letter is the latest sign that the much-touted Abraham Accords are starting to fray, and that other Arab countries have little appetite to join.