Gaza truce news: Making the comments at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Mr. Vance reiterated that the U.S. and Israel were close allies and partners, not a hierarchy of a patron and a client.

“We don’t want a vassal state, and that’s not what Israel is,” Vance Gaza statement. “We don’t want a client state, and that’s not what Israel is. We want a partnership.”

The vice chairman’s visit to Israel came just over a week after President Trump’s visit to the country, a reflection of Washington’s violent focus on trying to insure stability in the region.

An Israeli Prime Minister’s Office spokesman verified that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be arriving in Israel on Thursday and holding meetings with Mr. Netanyahu. Rubio’s vis

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