Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the visit of top US diplomat Marco Rubio underscored the “strength” of ties between the two countries. Netanyahu, calling Rubio an “extraordinary friend” of Israel, said his visit showed “the strength of the Israeli-American alliance.” “It’s as strong, as durable as the stones in the Western Wall that we just touched,” Netanyahu told journalists after visiting East Jerusalem alongside Rubio and Washington’s envoy to Israel, Mike Huckabee. (AFP)