US says will not join UK-led sanctions on Israeli settlements
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio affirmed Tuesday that Washington will not join the UK-led trade ban against Israeli West Bank settlements, stating the administration opposes measures that could destabilize the territory.
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- Published Date: 06:53 PM 08 September 2026
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday the United States will not join Britain-led sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements and that it does not want anything to destabilize the West Bank.
"Obviously, we're not going to do what the UK did," Rubio told journalists of the sanctions before departing on a trip to Latin America, adding: "We don't want to see anything destabilizing going on right now in the West Bank with so much going on in the region."
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