U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on as he delivers joint statements with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani during their meeting in Jerusalem November 18, 2020. Menahem Kahana/Pool via REUTERS
SHAAR BINYAMIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit an Israeli West Bank settlement and the Golan Heights, in a show of solidarity that led Palestinians to accuse him of helping to cement Israeli control over occupied territory.
Pompeo's trips came during the Israeli leg of what may be his last tour of the Middle East in the final months of President Donald Trump's administration.
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