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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Slams Countries Recognizing a Palestinian State

(U.S. State Department) Secretary of State Marco Rubio give an interview to Fox Radio on Thursday: Q: How does the U.S. view the UK, Canada, and France threatening to recognize a Palestinian state? Rubio: "It's irrelevant. It doesn't mean anything. First of all, none of these countries have the ability to create a Palestinian state. There can be no Palestinian state unless Israel agrees to it. Number two, they can't even tell you where this Palestinian state is. They can't tell you who will govern it. And I think number three, it's counterproductive." "Think about it now if you're Hamas....You're reading or hearing in the press that all of these countries are rallying to your side....The UK is [saying] if Israel doesn't agree to a ceasefire by September, we're going to recognize a Palestinian state. So if I'm Hamas, I say, you know what, let's not allow there to be a ceasefire. If Hamas refuses to agree to a ceasefire, it guarantees a Palestinian state will be recognized by all these countries in September. So they're not going to agree to a ceasefire. It's so clumsy." "Their statement isn't going to change anything other than it encourages and rewards Hamas, who now have every reason in the world not to agree to a ceasefire and not to release these hostages."
2025-08-03 00:00:00
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