By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States cannot ignore the impact the war in Gaza has had on Israel’s global standing, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday, as Israel’s diplomatic isolation mounts despite Washington’s attempts to shield its ally.

“Whether you believe it was justified or not, right or not, you cannot ignore the impact that this has had on Israel’s global standing,” Rubio told CBS News’ ‘Face The Nation’.

He was responding to a question about remarks by President Donald Trump to Israel’s Channel 12 in an interview published on Saturday: “Bibi (Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) has gone too far in Gaza and Israel has lost a lot of support in the world. Now I will return all that support.”

The United States has for decades dip

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