Israel National News reports: “US Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed the recent moves by the governments of Canada, France, and the United Kingdom to recognize a Palestinian state, stating that those who seek to recognize such a state ‘can’t even tell you where this Palestinian state is’ or who would rule it.

‘They can’t tell you who will govern it,’ Rubio told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade yesterday. ‘It’s counterproductive,’ he said of the recognition of Palestine, adding that such recognition is ‘counterproductive.’

‘First of all, none of these countries has the ability to create a Palestinian state. There can be no Palestinian state unless Israel agrees to it,’ he said.

He added: ‘At the end of the day, the Hamas side is the Palestinian statehood side.’…”