Rubio visits the western wall with Netanyahu and the American ambassador

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the western wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon during his visit to the Middle East region a few days after the Israeli raid on Qatar.
After Rubio entered the Western Wall Square, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the American ambassador to Israel, Mike Hakapi, a rabbi followed a prayer for the United States and President Donald Trump. After that he stood beside Netanyahu and Hakapi, Rubio performed a prayer inside the western wall, which is a common usually among the most sacred visitors to prayer for the Jews. It is expected that the Israeli leader, with Rubio, will present his potential government plans to include the West Bank, according to three Israeli sources. Monday, Rubio is scheduled to attend the opening of the Hajj road in the city of David, a controversial archaeological site in the Palestinian Silwan neighborhood in East Jerusalem. The former American ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, opened excavations for the first time, and said that it justified Trump’s decision in December 2017 to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (CNN Arabic)