US EditionMarco Rubio to address global security during overseas trip
Marco Rubio's visit aims to strengthen U.S.-Israeli ties and global partnerships while addressing key conflicts and nuclear threats, emphasizing hostage issues and counterterrorism efforts.
- From Saturday through Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Israel and the United Kingdom, the State Department announced Friday, starting with meetings in Israel.
- Amid rising tensions after an Israeli strike in Doha, Qatar earlier this week, Rubio's trip follows recent White House meetings with Qatari prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.
- He will discuss a set of global security challenges, including the war in Ukraine, preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, securing a Gaza ceasefire, and competing with China, and will meet families of hostages to emphasize their importance.
- After Israel, Rubio will join President Donald Trump's delegation in the United Kingdom next week and is expected to meet U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper ahead of the September 22 UN summit where Western countries plan to recognize a Palestinian state.
- Regionally, Israel faces legal and diplomatic pressure as well as severe humanitarian consequences, with more than 64,000 Palestinians killed and an ICJ genocide case alongside ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.
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During this visit, which begins on Sunday, the Secretary of State intends to discuss with the Israeli authorities the attack against Hamas officials in Qatar, a partner country of the United States in the peace negotiations.
The head of U.S. diplomacy, Marco Rubio, will travel to Israel on Saturday to assure him of U.S. support before several countries present at the UN their initiative to recognize a Palestinian state, the Department of State announced on Friday. Rubio will make the visit despite President Donald Trump being upset by the Israeli attack on leaders of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in Qatar, a key ally of the U.S. in the Middle East.
Rubio to visit Israel this weekend for Gaza Strip discussions in wake of Qatar strike
The State Department said Rubio and Israeli leadership will discuss Israel's "goals and objectives" related to an operation to seize control of the Gaza Strip and dismantle Hamas leadership and infrastructure in Gaza City.
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