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Pompeo visits Christian Zionist museum on Israel trip

The US secretary of state added to his farewell tour a museum founded by Mike Evans, an evangelical adviser to President Donald Trump.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Nov 20, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) poses for a photo with Daniel Voiczek (L), general manager and CEO of the Friends of Zion Museum, and Nir Kimhi, the museum founders representative in Israel, arrives for a tour of the Friends of Zion Museum on November 20, 2020, in Jerusalem. - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo became the first top American diplomat to visit a West Bank Jewish settlement and the Golan Heights, cementing Donald Trump's strongly pro-Israel legacy. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) poses for a photo with Daniel Voiczek (L), general manager and CEO of the Friends of Zion Museum, and Nir Kimhi, the museum founder's representative in Israel, as he arrives for a tour of the Friends of Zion Museum on Nov. 20, 2020, in Jerusalem. — PATRICK SEMANSKY/AFP via Getty Images

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ended his high-profile trip to Israel with a visit Friday to a museum dedicated to Christian Zionists and founded by an evangelical supporter of President Donald Trump. 

The Friends of Zion Museum in central Jerusalem honors the bond between the Jewish and Christian peoples and highlights the role Christian Zionists have played in advocating for a Jewish state. 

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