'We share the goal of stability': Rubio remarks restrained as western allies sanction Israel

'We share the goal of stability': Rubio remarks restrained as western allies sanction Israel Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Tue, 09/08/2026 - 16:29 US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee had said earlier that the UK was full of 'Jew hate' Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian man after they carried out a raid on homes in Anata, in the occupied West Bank, on 8 September 2026 (Ammar Awad/Reuters) Off US Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered relatively restrained remarks on Tuesday in response to western allies announcing a slew of unprecedented punitive moves against Israel , adding only that the US will not follow suit. "We were made aware that they were going to make this decision," Rubio told reporters while on a trip to Colombia. "We heard their argument as to why, but look, we share the goal of stability.