Marco Rubio to travel to Israel to meet with officials on Gaza

Secretary of state Marco Rubio will go to Israel this weekend to discuss the latest war developments with Gaza, the State Department of State.

“In Israel, he will transmit American priorities in the Israel-Hamas conflict and the wider questions concerning the security of the Middle East, reaffirming the American commitment to Israeli security,” said the main deputy spokesman for the State Department, Tommy Piggot. “It will also focus on our common objectives: ensuring that Hamas never settles Gaza again and bringing all hostages home.”

The visit comes at a time of high tension for the longtime allies after the assassination of Israel of Hamas leaders on Qatari soil earlier this week. The strikes of Israel in the midst of peace negotiations to end the war in Gaza indignant Qatar, a key mediator of the war, as well as other key American allies in the region and the Trump administration has tried to distance itself from action.

“The unilateral bombardment of Qatar, a sovereign nation working very hard and courageously taking risks alongside the United States to negotiate peace, does not advance the objectives of Israel or America,” Dorothy Shea, the UN UN UN UN UN UN UN UN UN Security Council on Thursday.

President Donald Trump told journalists on Tuesday that he was “very unhappy” with Israeli strikes.

“I was very unhappy with that, very unhappy with all aspects, and we were able to recover the hostages. But I was very unhappy with the way it happened,” he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened new strikes on Qatar if she continues to welcome Hamas, which Qatar has been doing for years at the request of American Qatar, with Egypt, had also helped to mediate the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.

“I say to Qatar and to all the nations that house terrorists, either you expel them, or you translate them into justice,” said Netanyahu on Wednesday. “Because if you don’t do it, we will.”

Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Thani, who is expected to meet Trump on Friday, also attended the meeting at the UN and accused Israel of having undergone negotiations to end the war. Al-Thani also met Rubio on Friday and Vice-President JD Vance at the White House for a meeting that a familiar source with Reunion described as “very positive”.

“Attacking our territories when we were occupied by negotiations revealed the intention of Israel. He tried to undermine any perspective of peace. He tries to perpetuate the suffering of the Palestinian people,” said Al Thani. “It also shows that the extremists who govern Israel today do not care about the hostages. It is not a priority. “

Rubio will also meet the families of the hostages in Israel, according to the State Department and “stresses that the return of their loved ones remains an absolute priority”. Rubio and Israeli leaders will also discuss “Israeli operational goals and objectives” for their current ground offensive in Gaza, the ministry said.

The visit also comes a week before several countries, including France, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, should officially recognize a Palestinian state. Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli Minister for Far Right Finance, called for annexation of 82% of the West Bank to block their vision of a future Palestinian state to become a reality.

Speaking earlier this month, Rubio called on the reprisals of Israel “fully predictable” and said that he had warned his European allies that their actions would create “big problems” and “make it more difficult to obtain a cease-fire”. Rubio added that it is not inevitable.

“As for what you see with the West Bank and annexation, this is not a last thing,” said Rubio at a press conference in September. “This is something that is discussed among certain elements of Israeli policy.”

In Israel this week, Rubio will discuss “the commitment of the United States to fight against anti-Israeli actions”, including the unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state which rewards the terrorism of Hamas and the drafting of the CPI and the ICJ, “said the State Department.

Rubio will then go to the United Kingdom, where he will meet the new British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper, to discuss American cooperation on critical world challenges, in particular by finishing the Ukraine war, preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, ensuring the release of all the hostages supported by Hamas and a cease China. “”