US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the occupied city of Jerusalem on Sunday, September 14, to discuss Israel’s plans for ending its ongoing genocidal aggression on Gaza, after it ruined the ceasefire talks with its assault on Qatar last week.
Rubio’s visit to Israel also came two days after the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the New York declaration on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the two-State solution on Friday, September 12. The majority of countries voted in favor of the declaration. A total of 142 out of the 193 member states of the General Assembly voted in favor of the resolution backing the declaration. Ten states, including Israel, voted against and 12 abstained.
Criticizing the decision, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Oren Marmorstein, described the General Assembly in a post on X as “a political circus” that is “detached from reality”. “Israel utterly rejects the decision of the UN General Assembly this evening,” Marmostein said.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the occupied city of Jerusalem on Sunday, September 14, to discuss Israel’s plans for ending its ongoing genocidal aggression on Gaza, after it ruined the ceasefire talks with its assault on Qatar last week.
Rubio’s visit to Israel also came two days after the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the New York declaration on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the two-State solution on Friday, September 12. The majority of countries voted in favor of the declaration. A total of 142 out of the 193 member states of the General Assembly voted in favor of the resolution backing the declaration. Ten states, including Israel, voted against and 12 abstained.
Criticizing the decision, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Oren Marmorstein, described the General Assembly in a post on X as “a political circus” that is “detached from reality”. “Israel utterly rejects the decision of the UN General Assembly this evening,” Marmostein said.
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