Mike Pompeo
The U.S. Secretary of State’s remarks came as German lawmakers consider outlawing the Lebanese terror group. Like the European Union, Germany only considers Hezbollah’s military wing as such.
Ari Fleischer, who served as White House press secretary under U.S. President George W. Bush, tweeted: “The fact that a guest at this meeting took an audio and provided it to the media is disgusting. The guests were fortunate to be invited to a meeting like this. To record it and release it is a betrayal of trust.”
“It may be rejected. Could be in the end, folks will say, ‘It’s not particularly original; it doesn’t particularly work for me.’ That is, ‘It’s got two good things and nine bad things; I’m out,’ ” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a private meeting with Jewish leaders.
In a closed-door meeting in New York, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledges that “this has taken us longer to roll out our plan than I had originally thought it might—to put it lightly.”
“These were efforts by the Iranians to raise the price of crude oil,” he told reporters before departing for Europe, where he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to discuss Iran and other issues.
Pompeo to meet with Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations
The report did not specify the topics to be discussed, though the development comes amid increased tensions between America and Iran, and ahead of a Mideast peace plan workshop set for Bahrain.
“I’m optimistic that what we’re doing will give us a better likelihood that we’ll achieve outcomes that would be better for the people of Israel and the Palestinian people,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo railed against anti-Semitism in front of a cheering crowd at the annual AIPAC convention in Washington, D.C.
“Criticizing Israel’s policies is an acceptable thing to do in a democracy. But criticizing the very right to exist of Israel is not acceptable,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said pressure on Iran is working: “We need to increase it, we need to expand it ... the U.S. and Israel are working in close coordination to roll back Iranian aggression.”
“In a few days, the leaders of Cyprus and Greece will come together with ... [U.S. Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo to advance a gas pipeline from Israel to Europe via these countries,” said Israel’s prime minister.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a discussion with students in Iowa that he planned to travel to Lebanon, Israel and Kuwait.
