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UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles ride along a street in Marjaayoun, Southern Lebanon January 20, 2025.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on August 28, 2025.

'There will not be a Palestinian state,' Sa'ar says after meeting with Marco Rubio

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (R) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) during a meeting in February; illustrative.

Sa'ar departs for state visit to US, to meet counterpart Rubio, Jewish leaders

Pro-Palestinian protestors hold up signs and banners along the parade route of the annual Labor Day Parade in Detroit, Michigan, US, September 2, 2024.

Pro-Palestinian Detroit conference speakers under scrutiny as US places them on visa watch


State Dept. fires press officer for disputes with Trump admin. over Gaza policies - report

Top press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs Shahed Ghoreishi had several disputes with senior State Department officials, including over Gaza evacuation plans, Washington Post reported.

 An illustrative image of US President Donald Trump superimposed over displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Turkey, US discuss support for stability in Syria, Iran nuclear program, ceasefire efforts in Gaza

Fidan and Rubio spoke on ceasefire efforts in Gaza, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said, adding Fidan had called for an immediate truce in Gaza and unhindered access to humanitarian aid.

 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends an event at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 16, 2025.

US charity says halt in visitor visas for Gazans will harm wounded kids

This follows the State Department halting all visas as it holds "a full and thorough" review following far Right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer claiming that Palestinian refugees were entering US.

A group welcomes wounded Palestinians arriving in Washington for medical treatment in a humanitarian mission organized by HEAL Palestine, August 9, 2025; illustrative.

Trump hoping to achieve halt to Ukraine fighting in Putin talks, Rubio says

"There'll have to be some conversation about ... territorial disputes and claims, and what they're fighting over," Rubio told reporters at the State Department"

 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends an event at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 16, 2025.

Rubio: US gov't will designate Muslim Brotherhood a terror org.

While this was "in the works," Marco Rubio noted challenges in the process, such as having to designate each branch of the Muslim brotherhood individually.

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a media briefing during the 58th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 10, 2025.

US State Dept. calls for int'l pressure on Hamas to surrender, free hostages

The US State Department called upon all countries to put pressure on Hamas to surrender, disarm, and release all remaining hostages, especially dual Israel-US citizens Itay Chen and Omer Neutra.

Relatives of Gaza hostages, activists, chain themselves in protest over safety concerns of the remaining hostages held in Hamas terror captivity in the Gaza Strip, August 7, 2025.

No peace in Gaza until Hamas is dismantled, Rubio says

International media has not had any "real talk about how Hamas needs to be disarmed and disbanded," the US secretary of state told Fox Business Network.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio against backdrop of Israel and Palestine flags on geopolitical map.

US understands conditions under which Russia would end war in Ukraine, Rubio says

"For the first time perhaps since this administration began, we have some concrete examples of the kinds of things that Russia would ask for in order to end the war," Rubio said.

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a media briefing during the 58th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 10, 2025.

UN's Francesca Albanese loses 'blue check' verification on X amid coming US sanctions

This came days after UN Watch submitted a legal appeal to the owner of X, Elon Musk. The appeal called on the company to remove Albanese's check mark following her designation under US sanctions.

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, at an Emergency Conference of States, hosted by Colombia and South Africa, to discuss measures against Israel, in Bogota, Colombia, July 15, 2025; illustrative.

Those recognizing a Palestinian state 'can't even tell you where it is,' Rubio says

“At the end of the day, Hamas is sitting there saying: We’re winning the PR war. We’ve got all these countries lining up on our side of this argument."

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio against backdrop of Israel and Palestine flags on geopolitical map.

US to sanction Palestinian Authority, PLO members, State Dept. confirms

The State Department did not confirm which individuals would be sanctioned.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the West Bank, April 23, 2025