Mike Pompeo
The Maximum Pressure Act would require Senate approval for any new deal between the United States and Iran.
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Biden administration’s foreign-policy agenda, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged the work of his predecessor, Mike Pompeo.
The former U.S. secretary of state was chosen for his “exceptional and groundbreaking contributions to the fight against anti-Semitism and religious prejudice of all forms.”
“These institutions enable Iran’s elite to sustain a corrupt system of ownership over large parts of Iran’s economy,” said U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
The visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes as Israel is ramping up ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, though Iran is also in the picture.
The meeting between the Israeli prime minister and the Saudi crown prince is “an insult to the nation and an invitation to attack Palestinian rights,” according to senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was also present at the meeting in Neom, Saudi Arabia, which was reportedly arranged by U.S. Special Representative for Iran Elliott Abrams.
“You can see nations coming to understand that the Palestinians have rejected reasonable offers to negotiate time and time again. The leadership has simply failed its own people,” says U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
“Even more important is the recognition that the West Bank and Gaza are distinct political and administrative entities, not a single unified Palestinian territory with Israel squished in between,” said Eugene Kontorovich at George Mason University’s School of Law.
The U.S. Secretary of State has instructed the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism “to identify organizations that engage in, or otherwise support, the Global BDS Campaign.”
The Israeli premier thanks America for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and brokering the Abraham Accords.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani as part of a trilateral meeting to discuss advancing the Abraham Accords.
