Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got an invaluable election season boost Wednesday when America’s top diplomat arrived with a handshake, lavish praise and a photo-op. More from TracyKWilkinson in Jerusalem:
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, left, with Cypriot President Nikos Anastsyyadis, at a conference in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at right, behind the Israeli flag. got an invaluable election season boost Wednesday when America’s top diplomat arrived with a handshake, lavish praise and a photo op.
“There’s always an election,” Pompeo told reporters traveling with him. “I’m going to Israel because of the important relationship we have.... Leaders will change in both countries over time. That relationship matters no matter who the leaders are.”the symbolism. After he shows Pompeo around Jerusalem on Thursday, with visits to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Western Wall and with cameras in tow, he heads to Washington at the end of the month.
One topic that does not appear at the top of the secretary’s agenda is forging peace between Israel and the Palestinians. While in Kuwait City, reporters tried to pin Pompeo down on how the administration now views Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. The State Department dropped the word “occupied” as a description of the areas in its annual human rights report this year and last year.
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