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Analysis: Marco Rubio’s Israel Stop Reeks of Colonization
The Secretary of State is known for conveniently ignoring the past in certain cases and presenting narratives that lack important context
While foreign policy negotiations to end the war resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stole the limelight in the news cycle, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stopped by Israel on his way to Saudi Arabia for those negotiations, and his comments while there are concerning. Like the story about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeking unilateral power to conduct drone strikes, this one is getting very little attention.
For Palestinians and their neighbors, colonization is about to get much more aggressive in the region as the Trump administration attempts to administer its final solution in Palestine: the complete ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and the erasure of Palestine. During multiple press conferences, Rubio referenced Trump’s plan with the support of Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Israeli President Isaac Herzog, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The President has also been very bold about his view of what the future for Gaza should be — not the same tired ideas of the past but something that’s bold and something that frankly took courage…
