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Pompeo reportedly to visit Israeli West Bank settlement

The US secretary of state is expected to make an unprecedented visit to Psagot, an Israeli settlement in what is globally recognized as Palestinian territory, on his current trip to the Middle East.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Nov 13, 2020
A picture taken on October 14, 2020 shows a general view of the Israeli settlement of Psagot on the eastern outskirts of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. - Israel approved 2,166 new homes in settlements across the occupied West Bank, official figures sent to AFP showed, ending an eight-month lull in settlement expansion. The approvals came less than a month after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements to normalise relations with Israel, which in return pledged to freeze its plans to annex
A picture taken on Oct. 14, 2020, shows a general view of the Israeli settlement of Psagot on the eastern outskirts of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. — AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

Mike Pompeo will reportedly visit an Israeli settlement in the West Bank on his current Middle East trip. The stop would make him the first US secretary of state to visit one of the settlements, which are considered illegal by most states.

The Israeli news outlets Haaretz and Walla! reported Thursday that Pompeo will visit the Psagot settlement east of the Palestinian capital Ramallah.

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