Rubio, Netanyahu affirm 'common strategy' for Gaza, set sights on Iran in join statement

Secretary of State Marco Rubio advanced President Donald Trump’s “strong” prepare for Gaza throughout a conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.

Rubio and Netanyahu both highlighted that Iran is the single biggest challenge to peace in the area throughout a Sunday joint declaration. While Netanyahu did not discuss Trump’s particular prepare for Gaza, Rubio stressed that the U.S. and Israel can not go back to “worn out” methods that have actually stopped working to produce peace in the past.

” The president has actually likewise been really strong about his view of what the future for Gaza ought to be. Not the exact same worn out concepts of the past, however something that’s strong and something that, honestly, took guts and vision in order to detail. And it might have stunned and shocked numerous, however what can not continue is the exact same cycle we’ll duplicate over and over once again and end up in the precise very same location,” Rubio stated.

Netanyahu verified that he and Trump share a “typical technique” for Gaza that consists of the total damage of Hamas as a political and military force. He did not comment particularly on Trump’s specified strategies to establish Gaza.

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Rubio and Netanyahu talked about different other risks in the Middle East, consisting of the collapse of Syria’s federal government and the existence of Hezbollah in Lebanon, to name a few things.

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” The typical style in all these difficulties is Iran. It is the single biggest source of instability in the area, behind every terrorist group, behind every act of violence, behind every destabilizing activity, behind whatever that threatens peace and stability for the countless individuals who call this area home, is Iran,” Rubio stated.

President Trump has actually advanced a “strong” strategy to establish Gaza. ( Getty Images/ Fox News Digital)

” There can never ever be a nuclear Iran, a nuclear Iran that might then hold itself immune from pressure and from action. That can never ever occur,” he included.

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The conference comes more than a week after Trump raised eyebrows with a call to get rid of Palestinians from Gaza and establish the location under U.S. ownership. Trump stated he stays dedicated to the strategy regardless of heavy pushback.

Palestinians continue to return back to their homes after a ceasefire contract in between Israel and Hamas, amidst damage in Gaza City, Gaza on Feb. 2, 2025. ( Ali Jadallah/Anadolu through Getty Images)

” I’m dedicated to purchasing and owning Gaza,” Trump stated. “As far as us restoring it, we might provide it to other states in the Middle East to construct areas of it, other individuals might do it, through our auspices. However we’re dedicated to owning it, taking it, and making certain that Hamas does not return.”