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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the press briefing room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2019. Credit: State Department Photo by Michael Gross.

Iran threatens ‘decisive’ action to US ‘miscalculation’ in Persian Gulf

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Iran’s Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (NEDSA) said in a statement published on its affiliated Sepah News website on Sunday that its response to U.S. “error in calculation” in the Persian Gulf and...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., on March 27, 2019, where he testified about the U.S. State Department's 2020 budget proposal. Credit: Screenshot.

Pompeo questioned at two-hour hearing on Soleimani, Iran, nuclear weapons, virus

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the United States has offered Iran assistance to fight coronavirus. “We have made offers to the Islamic Republic of Iran to help, and we’ve made...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Pompeo criticizes Democrats for meeting with Iranian foreign minister

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rebuked a group of Democratic senators on Tuesday who reportedly met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif last week on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security...
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman during their meeting at the White House on March 14, 2017. Official White House photo by Shealah Craighead.

Report: Historic meeting between Netanyahu, Saudi crown prince in works

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Intensive talks are underway between Washington, Jerusalem, Cairo and Riyadh to convene a summit in Cairo, possibly before Israel’s March 2 election, that would serve as a venue for a meeting between Israeli Prime...

The ‘Pompeo Doctrine’ represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

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At a conference in Jerusalem last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is suddenly experiencing “an unprecedented reality” and that the “change of the old order gives us the opportunity to...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the press briefing room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2019. Credit: State Department Photo by Michael Gross.

Report: Pompeo lifts hold on US economic aid to Lebanon

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo helped release nearly $115 million in U.S. economic assistance to Lebanon after a hold was placed on it, reported Bloomberg on Thursday, citing four people familiar with the situation. According to the...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participate in a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 28, 2019. Credit: State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.

Could a future US administration undo Trump’s new policy on Israeli settlements?

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The announcement last month by U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo that Israeli settlements are not illegal was either warmly welcomed or hotly rejected, depending on how you interpret international law. Indeed, recently 107 Democratic lawmakers sent...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on April 29, 2018. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.

Iran an issue, Netanyahu sets out for meeting with Pompeo in Portugal

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Portugal on Wednesday for a working dinner with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The two were originally scheduled to meet in London on the sidelines of the...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Credit: Screenshot.

Pompeo to promote normalization of ties with Israel during Morocco visit

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Morocco next week, where his plans include an effort to normalize relations with Israel, officials said on Wednesday. “Morocco plays a great role across the region...
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami addressing the 2019 J Street National Conference. Source: J Street via Flickr.

Why do American Jews oppose an Israeli consensus on settlements?

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When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced this week that the United States no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be in violation of international law, most Israelis were clearly pleased....