US will not follow UK on Israeli settlement sanctions, says Rubio

US will not follow UK on Israeli settlement sanctions, says Rubio US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the US will not take the same action as the UK over Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, but that he would not provide any further comment beyond that for now. Speaking to reporters, Rubio added the US does “not want to see some uptick in violence, or an uptick in conflict or tensions in the West Bank at a very tenuous time for the region”. This comes after US ambassador to Israel Mike