Netanyahu and Rubio unanimously confirmed that Iran should not develop and own nuclear weapons. Tehran is “behind everything that threatens peace and stability (in the region),” said the US foreign minister. Netanyahu said that the “aggression of Iran in the region” had to be contained. With Trump’s support, Israel can “do the job” with a view to Iran. Both also called for a disarmament of the Lebanese Schiiten militia Hisbollah supported by Iran. At the same time, Netanyahu emphasized that Israel was hired in Lebanon.
For the future of the Gaza Strip, US President Donald Trump has very “brave plans,” said Rubio. There is no point in “repeating the tired old ideas”. Netanyahu said Trump was “the best friend that Israel has ever had in the White House”. He works “in full cooperation” with him that there is a common strategy.
Before his trip, Rubio had asked the Arab states to make his own proposals regarding the future of the Gaza Strip after Trump caused unrest with his plan to relocate around two million residents to Arab states. According to Trump’s idea, the devastated Gaza Strip under control of the United States is to be transformed into a “Riviera of the Middle East”. After Israel, Rubio wanted to travel to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
A delivery of heavy bombs type MK-84 has meanwhile arrived in Israel. The Israeli Ministry of Defense said that they were transported by trucks by the port in Aschdod in military bases of the Israeli Air Force. Last year, Biden’s US government stopped delivery of the 2,000 pound bombs out of concern that they could be used in inhabited areas in the sealed-up Gaza Strip. Massive air strikes have left heavy destruction in almost all parts of the coastal area.
