Secretary of State Marco Rubio departed Saturday for a visit to Israel in a show of support for the country ahead of an expected contentious U.N. meeting on the creation of a Palestinian state.

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Despite tensions between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, notably over Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, Rubio will arrive in Israel on Sunday for a two-day visit and is expected to travel to a controversial archaeological site in east Jerusalem, which the Palestinians claim for the capital of an eventual state.

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The State Department said Friday that Rubio would “convey America’s priorities in the Israel-Hamas confl

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