'We share the goal of stability': Rubio remarks restrained as western allies sanction Israel
'We share the goal of stability': Rubio remarks restrained as western allies sanction Israel US Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered relatively restrained remarks on Tuesday in response to western allies announcing a slew of unprecedented punitive moves against Israel, adding only that the US will not follow suit. "We were made aware that they were going to make this decision," Rubio told…
We share the goal of stability, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio remarked on Tuesday as western allies announced unprecedented sanctions against Israel. The US will not follow suit, Rubio told reporters during a trip to Colombia. The US was aware of the decision but expressed concern over the potential for increased violence and conflict in the West Bank during a tense period.
According to a Bloomberg report, UK diplomats had privately warned their US counterparts that the sanctions were largely symbolic and lacked tangible impact. The UK, along with France and Canada, recognized the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, but not in Gaza where over 73,000 Palestinians have been killed since Hamas' attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
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